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单词 bulam
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bulamn.

Brit. /ˈb(j)uːləm/, U.S. /ˈb(j)uləm/, West African English /buˈlam/
Forms: 1800s boulam, 1800s boullam, 1800s bulam, 1800s bullam.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Bulam, Bolama.
Etymology: < Bulam, Boulam, former variants of Bolama (Portuguese Bolama), the name of one of the islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissau which form the Bijagos archipelago, and also of the main town on that island. The disease was believed to have spread through contagion from a ship which had sailed from Bolama.The place name is attested in English from at least the late 17th cent.
Pathology.
In full bulam fever
Brit. /ˈb(j)uːləm ˌfiːvə/
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U.S. /ˈb(j)uləm ˌfivər/
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West African English /buˈlam ˌfiva/
. In West Africa: yellow fever.
ΚΠ
1815 W. Pym (title) Observations upon the Bulam Fever.
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 140/1 Bulam Fever,..name given by the natives on the African coast to yellow fever.

Derivatives

bulamize v.
Brit. /ˈb(j)uːləmʌɪz/
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U.S. /ˈb(j)uləˌmaɪz/
(nonce-word), to affect with yellow fever.
ΚΠ
1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 31 790 [The traveller] gets a coup de soleil: finds his liver Bulamized.
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