paludisme
French
Etymology
From earlier impaludisme, from palud (“swamp”) + -isme. The disease was long believed to be caused by swamp gases (miasma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ly.dism/, /pa.ly.dizm/
Audio (file) - Homophone: paludismes
Noun
paludisme m (plural paludismes)
- (medicine) malaria (disease)
- Synonyms: malaria, (informal) palu, (informal) palud
Related terms
- antipaludéen
- impaludisme
- palud
- paludéen
- palustre
Descendants
- → English: paludism
Further reading
- “paludisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
paludisme on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Anagrams
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