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kaki |
kakistocracy |
kakke disease |
kakoxene |
kala azar |
kala-azar
| kalaallit nunaat
| kalahari
| kalahari desert
| kalamazoo
| kalan
kala-azar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kala-azar has 1 sense
- kala-azar(n = noun.state) assam fever, dumdum fever, visceral leishmaniasis - leishmaniasis of the viscera; Array is a kind of kala azar, leishmaniasis, leishmaniosis
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kala-azar, n. a tropical disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Leishmania donovani, which is transmitted to man by sandflies.
Etymology
Assamese f. kala black + azar disease
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