blackwater fever
a severe form of malaria characterized by kidney damage and hemoglobinuria resulting in urine that is dark red or black.
Origin of blackwater fever
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How to use blackwater fever in a sentence
A few days later Randall developed black-water fever and died.
The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies | Frank WorthingtonHe had been a long while recovering from the wound that had crippled him, and from the black-water fever.
Sacrifice | Stephen French WhitmanMalarial and black-water fever are prevalent in Dar-es-Salaam.
Seven Legs Across the Seas | Samuel Murray"We've got black-water fever on board now, Brasse," he said in a weary voice.
The White Blackbird | Hudson DouglasWe are surrounded by mangrove swamps, and they breed mosquitos, and consequently malaria and black-water fever.
British Dictionary definitions for blackwater fever (1 of 2)
med a rare and serious complication of malaria, characterized by massive destruction of red blood cells, producing dark red or blackish urine
British Dictionary definitions for black-water fever (2 of 2)
vet science a form of babesiosis seen in cattle, deer, bison, water buffalo, African buffalo, and reindeer; characterized by fever, depression, jaundice, dark red-black discolouration of the urine, anaemia, and death: Also called: Texas fever
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