impaludismn.
/ɪmˈpaljuːdɪz(ə)m/ Pathology.
‘The general morbid state, with predisposition to intermittent fevers and enlargement of the spleen, which is found in the dwellers in marshes’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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impaludism1881
paludism1888
stationary fever1928
1881 Nature No. 627. 24 On the parasitic nature of disorders arising from impaludism.
1889 Lancet 2 Feb. 252/2 A memoir on the parasite of impaludism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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