释义 |
ˈbulam Pathol. ‘Name given by the natives on the African coast to yellow fever’ (Mayne); attrib., as bulam fever. Hence bulamize |ˈbjuːləmaɪz|, v. (nonce-wd.), to affect with yellow fever.
1832Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 790 [The traveller] gets a coup de soleil: finds his liver Bulamized. |