malarial cachexia

malarial cachexia
malarial cachexia n a generalized state of debility that is marked by anemia, jaundice, splenomegaly, and emaciation and results from long-continued chronic malarial infection

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a group of physical signs of a chronic nature that result from antecedent attacks of severe malaria; the principal signs are anemia, sallow skin, yellow sclera, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, and, in children, retardation of body growth and puberty.

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