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blackwater fever
black·wa·ter fever B0307700 (blăk′wô′tər, -wŏt′ər)n. A serious, often fatal complication of chronic malaria, characterized by the passage of bloody, dark red or black urine.blackwater fever n (Medicine) med a rare and serious complication of malaria, characterized by massive destruction of red blood cells, producing dark red or blackish urine black′water fe′ver n. a severe form of malaria characterized by kidney damage and hemoglobinuria resulting in dark urine. [1880–85] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | blackwater fever - severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urinemalaria - an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever |
blackwater fever
blackwater fever[′blak‚wȯd·ər ′fev·ər] (medicine) A complication of falciparum malaria, characterized by intravascular hemolysis, hemoglobinuria, tachycardia, high fever, and poor prognosis. blackwater fever
blackwater fever a severe complication of malaria characterized by intravascular hemolysis, hemoglobinuria, renal failure, and passage of dark brown or red urine, seen in association with intermittent quinine therapy, with Plasmodium falciparum infection in the nonimmune, or with interrupted exposure in the partially immune.black·wa·ter fe·verhemoglobinuria resulting from severe hemolysis occurring in falciparum malaria.Synonym(s): malarial hemoglobinuriablackwater fever (blăk′wô′tər, -wŏt′ər)n. A serious, often fatal complication of chronic malaria, characterized by the passage of bloody, dark red or black urine.A rare, often fatal complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria Lab Severe haemolysis with haemoglobinuria, red cell and epithelial cell casts in urineblack·wa·ter fe·ver (blak'waw'tĕr fē'vĕr) Hemoglobinuria resulting from severe hemolysis occurring in falciparum malaria. blackwater fever A popular term for a dangerous complication of the type of MALARIA caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum . The malarial parasites break down red blood cells in such numbers that freed haemoglobin passes through the kidneys and darkens the urine.blackwater fever a rare tropical disease triggered by MALARIA PARASITE infestation, in which there is massive destruction of red blood cells producing dark red or black urine.blackwater fever Related to blackwater fever: dengue feverWords related to blackwater fevernoun severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urineRelated Words |