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blackwater fever definition

black·water fever (blak′wôt′ər)

a severe, often fatal complication of malaria characterized by a rapid heartbeat and the passing of dark urine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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