black fever en · NOUN
Etymology
* (visceral leishmaniasis): Compare kala-azar.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Visceral leishmaniasis.
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(slang, uncountable) Synonym of jungle fever.
What name could I have called? Richard would say that you've got—black fever.
1964, James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charlie, Dell, act 3, page 140:
Relateds
yellow fever (jungle fever) · jungle fever (jungle fever) · Asian fever (jungle fever) · blue fever (jungle fever) · white fever (jungle fever)