Medical Definition of Black sickness

1. A chronic disease, occurring in India, Assam, China, the area formerly known as the Mediterranean littoral areas, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, China, South and Central America, Asia, Africa caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of an appropriate species of sandfly of the genus Phlebotomus or Lutzomyia; the organisms grow and multiply in macrophages, eventually causing them to burst and liberate amastigote parasites which then invade other macrophages; proliferation of macrophages in the bone marrow causes crowding out of erythroid and myeloid elements, resulting in leukopenia, and anaemia, splenomegaly, and hepatomegaly which are characteristic, along with enlargement of lymph nodes; fever, fatigue, malaise, and secondary infections also occur; different strains of leishmaniasis donovani occur; leishmaniasis infantum in Eurasia, leishmaniasis chagasi in Latin America. Synonym: Assam fever, black sickness, Burdwan fever, cachectic fever, Dumdum fever, kala azar, tropical splenomegaly. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Sickness

black rhinoceros
black rockweed
black root
black root rot fungus
black rot
black rudderfish
black sage
black sally
black salsify
black saltwort
Black Sea
black sea bass
Black September
Black September Movement
black sheep
black sickness (current term)
black smoker
black snakeroot
black spleenwort
black spore
black spot
black spruce
black squirrel
black stork
black sumac
black swan
Black Tai
black tarantula
black tea
black tie

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