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ka•la-a•zar  (kä′lä ä zär′, kä′lə az′ər),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. a chronic, usually fatal disease occurring in tropical areas of Asia and the Western Hemisphere, characterized by irregular fever, enlargement of the spleen, anemia, and emaciation, caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani. Also called Dumdum fever, visceral leishmaniasis. 
  • Hindi, equivalent. to kālā black + Persian āzār disease
  • 1880–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kala-azar / ˌkɑːləəˈzɑː/
  1. a tropical infectious disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani in the liver, spleen, etc, characterized by fever and weight loss; visceral leishmaniasis
Etymology: from Assamese kālā black + āzār disease
'kala azar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Dumdum fever - kala-azar - leishmaniasis - visceral leishmaniasis

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