impaludism

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noun

A diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas.

OriginLatin palus →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounimpaludism (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas.

    The other diatheses, when well marked, have evident lesions, whereas impaludism simulates all maladies, and even in the organism which it has affected as profoundly as possible, it still remains an obscure diathesis.

    1889, The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 120

Origin

  1. Latinpalus“marsh”
  2. Englishimpaludism

Latin palus (“marsh”) + -ism

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impaludism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impaludism

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“impaludism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impaludism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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