paludism

[pal-yuh-diz-uhm]

noun

Pathology.

1. malaria.

paludism

/ ˈpæljʊˌdɪzəm /

noun

1. pathol a rare word for malaria

Word History and Origins

Origin of paludism¹

1885–90; < Latin palūd- (stem of palūs ) swamp, marsh + -ism

Word History and Origins

Origin of paludism¹

C19: from Latin palus marsh

Example Sentences

The net results of laboratory investigation, according to the French doctors, is that the mycetozoic malarial bacillus, the microbe of paludism, is amœboid in its movements, acting on the red corpuscles, leaving nothing of them but the dark pigment found in the skin and organs of malarial subjects.

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