blackwater fever

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noun Pathology.

a severe form of malaria characterized by kidney damage and hemoglobinuria resulting in urine that is dark red or black.

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Origin of blackwater fever

First recorded in 1880–85

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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 Worthington
He had been a long while recovering from the wound that had crippled him, and from the black-water fever.
Sacrifice|Stephen French Whitman
Malarial 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 Douglas

We are surrounded by mangrove swamps, and they breed mosquitos, and consequently malaria and black-water fever.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915|Various

British Dictionary definitions for blackwater fever (1 of 2)

blackwater fever

noun

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 blackwater fever (2 of 2)

black-water fever

noun

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 deathAlso called: Texas fever

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