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ASSAM FEVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Assam fever mean?
• ASSAM FEVER (noun)
The noun ASSAM FEVER has 1 sense:
1. leishmaniasis of the viscera
Familiarity information: ASSAM FEVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leishmaniasis of the viscera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Assam fever; dumdum fever; kala-azar; visceral leishmaniasis
Hypernyms ("Assam fever" is a kind of...):
kala azar; leishmaniasis; leishmaniosis (sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies)
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