KALA-AZAR


Meaning of KALA-AZAR in English

[ka.la-azar] n [Hindi kala-azar black disease, fr. Hindi kala black + Per azar disease] (1882): a severe infectious disease chiefly of tropical areas that is marked by fever, progressive anemia, leukopenia, and enlargement of the spleen and liver and caused by a flagellate (Leishmania donovani) transmitted by the bite of sand flies

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