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blackwater fever

noun

Pathology.
  1. a severe form of malaria characterized by kidney damage and hemoglobinuria resulting in urine that is dark red or black.


blackwater fever

noun

  1. med a rare and serious complication of malaria, characterized by massive destruction of red blood cells, producing dark red or blackish urine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of blackwater fever1

First recorded in 1880–85
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The disease can produce severe maternal anemia, iron deficiency, or it can spread to the kidneys and the lungs and cause a condition known as blackwater fever.

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He’s had five meniscus surgeries on his knees, and he has a bad back and a recurrent case of blackwater fever. His spirit, however, remains the same.

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At the time of his rescue, following the Japanese surrender, he was close to death from malnutrition and blackwater fever, a rare but extremely dangerous complication of malaria.

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Even the relief of work was denied us; and sport was impossible, for malaria and blackwater fever hold possession of the jungles during the Monsoon.

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Died of blackwater fever before the line got past this camp.

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