black fever

English

Etymology

Compare kala-azar. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

black fever (uncountable)

(pathology) Visceral leishmaniasis.
(slang) Synonym of jungle fever
- 1964, James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charlie, Dell, Act 3., page 140:
  What name could I have called? Richard would say that you've got—black fever.

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