The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paludism
Paludism \Pa*lu"dism\, n. (Med.) The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.
Usage examples of "paludism".
The miasmatic effluvia which rise from the river during the night bring on an intermittent fever, or paludism, often of great severity, accompanied by unendurable headaches.
Lenk-letter and Elphinstone, destined also to leave their bones in Batavia, were suffering with the same paludism that had attacked Captain Bligh.