blackwater fever

noun

A complication of malaria in which red blood cells burst in the bloodstream, consequently coloring the urine dark red or black.

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Meanings

nounblackwater fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA complication of malaria in which red blood cells burst in the bloodstream, consequently coloring the urine dark red or black.
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