black fever

noun

Visceral leishmaniasis.

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jungle fever
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Meanings

nounblack fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineVisceral leishmaniasis.
  2. slanguncountableSynonym of jungle fever.

    What name could I have called? Richard would say that you've got—black fever.

    1964, James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charlie, Dell, act 3, page 140

    Synonyms: jungle fever

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of jungle fever.

Similar
jungle fever
Also see
jungle feverkala-azarvisceral leishmaniasis

Origin

* (visceral leishmaniasis): Compare kala-azar.

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APA

black fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20fever

MLA

“black fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black fever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20fever.

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