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| ka·la-a·zar [ klə ə zr ] |
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tropical disease: a severe, often fatal tropical fever caused by a parasite that enters the body via a sand fly bite. Symptoms include acute anemia, weight loss, and an enlarged liver and spleen.
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| [Late 19th century. < Assamese< kala "black" + āzār "disease"] |
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