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KALA AZAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
Synonyms:
kala azar; leishmaniasis; leishmaniosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("kala azar" is a kind of...):
protozoal infection (any infection caused by a protozoan)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kala azar"):
Assam fever; dumdum fever; kala-azar; visceral leishmaniasis (leishmaniasis of the viscera)
Aleppo boil; cutaneous leishmaniasis; Delhi boil; Old World leishmaniasis; oriental sore; tropical sore (leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions)
American leishmaniasis; leishmaniasis americana; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis; New World leishmaniasis (a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa)
