kala-azar
noun
ka·la-azar
| \ ˌkä-lə-ə-ˈzär
, ˌka-\
, ˌka-\
Definition of kala-azar
: a severe parasitic disease chiefly of tropical areas that is marked by fever, progressive anemia, leukopenia, and enlargement of the spleen and liver and caused by a leishmania (Leishmania donovani) transmitted by the bite of sand flies
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kala-azar
noun
\ ˌkäl-ə-ə-ˌzär
, ˌkal-
\
, ˌkal-
\
Medical Definition of kala-azar
: a severe parasitic disease chiefly of Asia marked by fever, progressive anemia, leukopenia, and enlargement of the spleen and liver and caused by a flagellate of the genus Leishmania (L. donovani) that is transmitted by the bite of sand flies and proliferates in macrophages of the liver, spleen, and bone marrow
— called also dumdum fever, visceral leishmaniasis
— see leishman-donovan body