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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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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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