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impaludism

impaludism noun: a diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas.

Noun

impaludism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A 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 of impaludism

Latin palus (“marsh”) + -ism

Questions about impaludism

What does impaludism mean?
Impaludism means a diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas.
What part of speech is impaludism?
Impaludism is a noun.

Words near impaludism in the dictionary

  1. impalpably
  2. impalsied
  3. impalsies
  4. impalsy
  5. impalsying
  6. impaludism
  7. impanate
  8. impanated
  9. impanates
  10. impanating
  11. impanation

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