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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KALA-AZAR

From Assamese kālā black + āzār disease.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KALA-AZAR

kala-azar  [ˌkɑːləəˈzɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KALA-AZAR

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Kala-Azar is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KALA-AZAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Visceral leishmaniasis

Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala-azar, black fever, and Dumdum fever,:426 is the most severe form of leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus. This disease is the second-largest parasitic killer in the world, responsible for an estimated 500,000 infections each year worldwide. The parasite migrates to the internal organs such as liver, spleen, and bone marrow, and, if left untreated, will almost always result in the death of the host. Signs and symptoms include fever, weight loss, fatigue, anemia, and substantial swelling of the liver and spleen. Of particular concern, according to the World Health Organization, is the emerging problem of HIV/VL co-infection.

Definition of kala-azar in the English dictionary

The definition of kala-azar in the dictionary is a tropical infectious disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani in the liver, spleen, etc, characterized by fever and weight loss; visceral leishmaniasis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KALA-AZAR


alcazar
ˌælkəˈzɑː
bazaar
bəˈzɑː
bazar
bəˈzɑː
beaux-arts
bəʊˈzɑː
bizarre
bɪˈzɑː
gazar
ɡəˈzɑː
hussar
hʊˈzɑː
huzzah
həˈzɑː
izar
ɪˈzɑː
superbazaar
ˈsuːpəbəˈzɑː
superbazar
ˈsuːpəbəˈzɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KALA-AZAR

kakistocracy
Kalaallit Nunaat
Kalahari
kalam
kalamata olive
Kalamazoo
kalamdan
kalamkari
kalanchoe
Kalashnikov
Kalat
kale
kaleidophone
kaleidoscope
kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopically
kalends
Kalevala
kalewife
kaleyard

WORDS THAT END LIKE KALA-AZAR

Balthazar
Belshazzar
czar
drug czar
lazar
Mizar
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadrezzar
rizzar
Salazar
Salmanazar
sizar
subsizar
tzar

Synonyms and antonyms of kala-azar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kala-azar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KALA-AZAR

Find out the translation of kala-azar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kala-azar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kala-azar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黑热病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kala -azar
570 millions of speakers

English

kala-azar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कालाजार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كالأزار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кала- азар
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

kala -azar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কালাজ্বরের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kala-azar
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kala-azar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kala-Azar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カラアザール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

줄기 - 아자르
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kala-azar
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kala - Azar
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காலா-அசார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काला-अजार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kala-azar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kala - azar
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kala - Azar
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кала- азар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kala azar -
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Κάλα - Αζάρ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Kala - Azar
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kala - azar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kala - azar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kala-azar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KALA-AZAR»

The term «kala-azar» is regularly used and occupies the 92.371 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KALA-AZAR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kala-azar

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KALA-AZAR»

Discover the use of kala-azar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kala-azar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kala Azar in South Asia: Current Status and Challenges Ahead
This book provides essential information for scientists, medical practitioners and policy makers involved in the diagnosis, treatment and elimination of Kala-azar.
T. K. Jha, Eisei Noiri, 2011
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Tropical Health: A Report on a Study of Needs and Resources
Kala azar a. Sudan and East Africa. In the Sudan kala azar has been contracted by military patrols in otherwise uninhabited areas. In East Africa Heisch has recently recovered Leishmania from rodents in a kala azar area. b. Soviet Middle Asia ...
‎1962
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Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence: From Ancient Times to ...
In its epidemic form, kala-azar was confined to the Ganges and Brahmaputra River basins, extending from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh in the west to Sylhet in Assam in the east. Little is known about the history of kala-azar in India prior to the ...
George C. Kohn, 2008
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An American Transplant: The Rockefeller Foundation and ...
They devised technical ways in which to investigate this possibility.42 Chung Huei-lan (H. L. Chung), Pumc '29, and Timothy J. Kurotchin, Assistant Professor of Bacteriology, experimented with the susceptibility of the squirrel to kala-azar in the ...
Mary Brown Bullock, 1980
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Recent Advances in Pediatrics
10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. Thakur CP, Kumar M,Kumar P, Rationalisation of regimens of treatment of Kala-azar.with stibogluconate in India: A randomised study.BM/ 1988; 296: I557- 61 ...
‎1998
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Environmental Resources And Biological Hazards
It has to be imported. The drug is given in the dosage of 4 mg/kg/on alternate days for 5-15 weeks. This drug is more toxic and requires careful supervision. In some cases after recovering from kala-azar there is another form of disease called ...
Reena Mohanka, 2008
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Leishmania: After the Genome
Ramesh, V., and Mukherjee, A. (1995). Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. Int J . Dermatol. 34, 85–91. Review. Reed, S.G., Badaro, R., Masur, H., Carvalho, E.M., Lorenco, R., Lisboa, A.,Teixeira, R., Johnson, W.D.Jr., andJones, T.C. (1986).
Peter John Myler, Nicolas Fasel, 2008
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Antimicrobial Drug Resistance: Clinical and Epidemiological ...
Clinicoepidemiological study of drug resistance in Indian kala-azar. BMJ 1994; 308:307. 37. Berman JD. Human leishmaniasis: clinical, diagnostic, and chemo- therapeutic developments in the last 10 years. Clin Infect Dis 1997; 24:684–703.
Douglas Mayers, 2009
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Pamphlets on Protozoology (Kofoid Collection)
V. The genus Phlebotomus and Kala-azar. Historical. The first worker to consider the possible association of the genus Phlebotomus with the transmission of kala- azar was probably Mackie(25) who made the statement ' The only insect which ...
‎1896
10
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's ...
Kalá-ázár. See, al ho, Aiikylostomum dnodenale. RoGRRS (Ii.) Report of ;in investigation of the épidémie us malurial levers in Assaut or kala- azar. 8°. Shilloiig, 1-97. £>ee, alto, ii\fra, G iles. -4I*o [Rev.]. in: Imliau Lancct. Calcutta, 1897, x, 146.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.), 1903

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KALA-AZAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kala-azar is used in the context of the following news items.
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Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) Drugs and Companies Pipeline Review …
RnRMarketResearch.com adds "Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) - Pipeline Review, H1 2015" to its store. The report provides an overview of the ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
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Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2015
This report provides top line data relating to the clinical trials on Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar). Report includes an overview of trial numbers and ... «Virtual Press Office, Jul 15»
3
DDT ineffective in Kala-azar control: Study
As India enters the last stage of eliminating the scourge of Kala-azar from the country, red flags are being raised on using DDT without ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
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Global Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) Clinical Trials Review 2015 …
GlobalData's clinical trial report, Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2015″ provides an overview of Leishmaniasis ... «Medgadget.com, Jun 15»
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Police to raid hostels to check drug abuse
In reply to another submission of K. Radhakrishnan on the spread of kala-azar in parts of Chelakkara, Mr. Sivakumar said deputy district ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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Litterbugs warned of action
Steps would be taken to contain the kala-azar disease reported from Edappara Colony at Mulloorkkara, Thrissur. Not the first case. The walls of ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) Global Clinical Trials 2015
Clinical trial report, Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2015 provides an overview of Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) ... «Medgadget.com, Jun 15»
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State hospital beds in West Bengal to rise to 80000 in 2015
Kala-azar, philaria and leprosy will soon be eradicated from West Bengal while dengue and malaria have been kept under control”, he said. «Economy Lead, Jun 15»
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In India, a concerted push to eliminate kala-azar
Bihar is an epicenter for kala-azar — a parasitic disease that is nearly always fatal when left untreated. Médecins Sans Frontières works in ... «Devex, May 15»
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Kala-azar can't be eradicated; we are at work to eliminate it, says …
Bihar contributes nearly 80% of kala-azar patients of the world. The Centre earlier said the disease would be eliminated by 2015, but the ... «Times of India, Feb 15»

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