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Borrowed from French paludisme. Equivalent to palúd(ic) +‎ -isme.

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paludisme m (plural paludismes)

  1. malaria
    Synonym: malària
    • 2015 February 13, Gemma Tramullas, “Víctor Cabezas:«¡Desperteu-vos, esglésies! ¡Deixeu de mirar-vos el melic!»”, in El Periódico[1]:
      Dels seus anys de missioner esperità a Angola--on va arribar per primera vegada fa 50 anys, coincidint amb la independència del país africà--i de les recurrents infeccions de paludisme i refredats mal curats li ha quedat com a seqüela física una tos persistent.
      From his years as a Spiritan missionary in Angola--where he arrived for the first time 50 years ago, coinciding with the independence of that African country--and the recurring infections of malaria and badly-treated colds, he has kept as a physical consequence a persistent cough.

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Etymology edit

From earlier impaludisme, from palud (swamp) +‎ -isme. The disease was long believed to be caused by swamp gases (miasma).

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paludisme m (plural paludismes)

  1. (medicine) malaria (disease)
    Synonyms: malaria, (informal) palu, (informal) palud

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  • English: paludism

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