Synonyms

paludism

American

[pal-yuh-diz-uhm] / ˈpæl yəˌdɪz əm /

noun

Pathology.

malaria.

paludism British

/ ˈpæljʊˌdɪzəm /

noun

pathol a rare word for malaria

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Etymology

Origin of paludism

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

Example Sentences

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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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