visceral leishmaniasis

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   leishmaniasis of the viscera

   Synonymskala-azarAssam feverdumdum fever

   Broaderleishmaniasis

Questions about visceral leishmaniasis

What does visceral leishmaniasis mean?

visceral leishmaniasis means "leishmaniasis of the viscera".

What is another word for visceral leishmaniasis?

Close synonyms include kala-azar, 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 visceral leishmaniasis a common word?

visceral leishmaniasis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.