DUMDUM FEVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Leishmaniasis of the viscera

Synonyms:

Assam fever; dumdum fever; kala-azar; visceral leishmaniasis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dumdum 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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