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KALA-AZAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kala-azar mean?
• KALA-AZAR (noun)
The noun KALA-AZAR has 1 sense:
1. leishmaniasis of the viscera
Familiarity information: KALA-AZAR 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 ("kala-azar" 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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