blackwater
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- noun
- /ˈblækˌwɔːtər/
- Specialized
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fiebre de agua negra
- He's got amoebic dysentery and blackwater fever.
Examples
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Billy has blackwater fever.
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They may not know blackwater fever... but they know when somebody is dying.
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You don't know that this is blackwater fever.
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They've never seen blackwater fever in their lives.
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Complications can include cerebral malaria with neurological symptoms including fits and altered consciousness, pulmonary oedema, and blackwater fever (failure of coagulation with gross haematuria).
Academic text (2012) -
The doctor diagnosed him with blackwater fever after he noticed the dark color of his urine.
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During her trip to the tropics, she became ill with blackwater fever, which caused her urine to turn dark.
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After experiencing symptoms of blackwater fever, he was advised to seek immediate medical attention.
Synonyms
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A severe form of malaria that destroys red blood cells and causes dark urine and kidney failure
Compounds
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A severe form of malaria that destroys red blood cells and causes dark urine and kidney failure
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blackwater comes from the simple English words black and water, because people with this serious illness often pass very dark urine that looks like 'black' water. So blackwater names the disease by its main sign — the dark urine.