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paludism

[ pal-yuh-diz-uhm ]

noun

Pathology.


paludism

/ ˈæʊˌɪə /

noun

  1. pathol a rare word for malaria
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of paludism1

1885–90; < Latin 貹ū- (stem of 貹ū ) swamp, marsh + -ism
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of paludism1

C19: from Latin palus marsh
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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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