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blackwater fever

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A serious, often fatal complication of chronic malaria, characterized by the passage of bloody, dark red or black urine.

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  • noun severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine

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