KALA-AZAR


Meaning of KALA-AZAR in English

[ ˌkα:ləˌə'zα: ]

■ noun a form of the disease leishmaniasis affecting the internal organs, with emaciation, anaemia, and fever.

Origin

C19: from Assamese, from kālā 'black' + āzār 'disease' (because of the bronzing of the skin often assoc. with it).

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