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    KALA AZAR

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandfliesplay

    Synonyms:

    kala azar; leishmaniasis; leishmaniosis

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    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)

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