kala-azar

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindustani کالا آزار (kālā āzār) / काला आज़ार (kālā āzār, literally black sickness).

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Noun

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kala-azar (usually uncountable, plural kala-azars)

  1. (pathology) Visceral leishmaniasis.
    Synonym: black fever
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 298:
      A chronic disease, invariably fatal, kala azar makes its presence known by the appearance of pustulating epidermal ulcers, marasmus and enlargement of the spleen.
    • 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
      Ratanmala was afraid of these but what frightened her even more was the fever, kala azar, which had taken so many lives including that of her uncle's first born.
    • 2010, Mosby's Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 6th edition, St. Louis, MO: Mosby, →ISBN, page 68:
      It is administered by IV infusion in the treatment of severe systemic fungal infections and kala-azars in patients refractory to or intolerant of conventional amphotericin B therapy.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French kala-azar.

Noun

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kala-azar n (uncountable)

  1. kala-azar

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