KALA-AZAR


Meaning of KALA-AZAR in English

ˌkälə.əˈzär noun

Etymology: Hindi kālā-āzār black disease, from Hindi kālā black + Persian āzār disease

: a severe infectious disease chiefly of eastern and southern Asia that is marked by fever, progressive anemia, leukopenia, and enlargement of the spleen and liver and is caused by a flagellate ( Leishmania donovani ) which is transmitted by the bite of sand flies (genus Phlebotomus ) and which proliferates in reticuloendothelial cells — called also visceral leishmaniasis

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