What does kala-azar mean?

kala-azar means "leishmaniasis of the viscera".

How many syllables are in kala-azar?

kala-azar has 3 syllables and divides as ka-la-a-zar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for kala-azar?

Close synonyms include visceral leishmaniasis, Assam fever, dumdum fever. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kala-azar a common word?

kala-azar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Kala-azar — meaning and 3 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
leishmaniasis of the viscera
Synonymsvisceral leishmaniasis Assam fever dumdum fever
Broaderleishmaniasis

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What does kala-azar mean?: kala-azar means "leishmaniasis of the viscera".
How many syllables are in kala-azar?: kala-azar has 3 syllables and divides as ka-la-a-zar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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