Argentine hemorrhagic feverClick to Search Argentine hemorrhagic fever |
noun hemorrhagic fever with neurological signs; caused by the Junin virus • Hypernyms: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF
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Assam feverClick to Search Assam fever |
noun leishmaniasis of the viscera • Syn: visceral leishmaniasis, kala-azar, dumdum fever • Hypernyms: leishmaniasis, leishmaniosis, kala azar
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blackwater feverClick to Search blackwater fever |
noun severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine • Hypernyms: malaria
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boutonneuse feverClick to Search boutonneuse fever |
noun a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals • Syn: Marseilles fever, Kenya fever, Indian tick fever • Hypernyms: disease
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brain feverClick to Search brain fever |
noun meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal • Syn: cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis, cerebrospinal fever • Hypernyms: meningitis
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breakbone feverClick to Search breakbone fever |
noun an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints • Syn: dengue, dengue fever, dandy fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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buck feverClick to Search buck fever |
noun nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter • Hypernyms: fever
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canicola feverClick to Search canicola fever |
noun an acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice • Hypernyms: swamp fever, leptospirosis
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catarrhal feverClick to Search catarrhal fever |
noun any of several disease of livestock marked by fever and edema of the respiratory tract • Hypernyms: animal disease • Hyponyms: bluetongue
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cerebrospinal feverClick to Search cerebrospinal fever |
noun meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal • Syn: cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis, brain fever • Hypernyms: meningitis
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childbed feverClick to Search childbed fever |
noun serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon • Syn: puerperal fever • Hypernyms: blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia
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chills and feverClick to Search chills and fever |
noun successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria • Syn: ague • Hypernyms: symptom • Hyponyms: quartan • Part Holonyms: malaria
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Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic feverClick to Search Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever |
noun an infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep • Hypernyms: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF
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dandy feverClick to Search dandy fever |
noun an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints • Syn: dengue, dengue fever, breakbone fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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deer fly feverClick to Search deer fly fever |
noun a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals • Syn: tularemia, tularaemia, rabbit fever, yatobyo • Hypernyms: zoonosis, zoonotic disease • Part Meronyms: chancre
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dengue feverClick to Search dengue fever |
noun an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints • Syn: dengue, dandy fever, breakbone fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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dumdum feverClick to Search dumdum fever |
noun leishmaniasis of the viscera • Syn: visceral leishmaniasis, kala-azar, Assam fever • Hypernyms: leishmaniasis, leishmaniosis, kala azar
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Ebola feverClick to Search Ebola fever |
noun a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa • Syn: Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola • Hypernyms: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF
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Ebola hemorrhagic feverClick to Search Ebola hemorrhagic fever |
noun a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa • Syn: Ebola fever, Ebola • Hypernyms: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF
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enteric feverClick to Search enteric fever |
noun serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water • Syn: typhoid, typhoid fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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feverClick to Search fever |
noun 1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection (Freq. 4) • Syn: febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness • Derivationally related forms: feverish (for: feverishness), pyrectic (for: pyrexia), feverous • Hypernyms: symptom • Hyponyms: hyperpyrexia 2. intense nervous anticipation (Freq. 4) - example : in a fever of resentment • Hypernyms: anticipation, expectancy • Hyponyms: buck fever, gold fever
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fever blisterClick to Search fever blister |
noun caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) • Syn: oral herpes, herpes labialis, cold sore • Hypernyms: herpes simplex
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fever pitchClick to Search fever pitch |
noun a state of extreme excitement - example : the crowd was at fever pitch • Hypernyms: excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour
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fever treeClick to Search fever tree |
noun 1. any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever • Hypernyms: tree 2. tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish • Syn: blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus • Hypernyms: eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree 3. ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever • Syn: Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: Pinckneya, genus Pinckneya 4. African tree supposed to mark healthful regions • Syn: Acacia xanthophloea • Hypernyms: acacia • Member Holonyms: genus Acacia
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feveredClick to Search fevered |
adjective highly excited - example : a fevered imagination • Similar to: excited
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feverfewClick to Search feverfew |
noun bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum • Syn: Tanacetum parthenium, Chrysanthemum parthenium • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Tanacetum, genus Tanacetum
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feverishClick to Search feverish |
adjective 1. marked by intense agitation or emotion (Freq. 4) - example : worked at a feverish pace • Syn: hectic • Similar to: agitated 2. of or relating to or characterized by fever - example : a febrile reaction caused by an allergen • Syn: febrile • Ant: afebrile (for: febrile) • Pertains to noun: fever, fever (for: febrile) • Derivationally related forms: feverishness 3. having or affected by a fever • Syn: feverous • Similar to: ill, sick • Derivationally related forms: fever (for: feverous), feverishness
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feverishlyClick to Search feverishly |
adverb in a feverish manner (Freq. 3) - example : she worked feverishly • Derived from adjective: feverish
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feverishnessClick to Search feverishness |
noun a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection • Syn: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia • Derivationally related forms: feverish, pyrectic (for: pyrexia), feverous (for: fever) • Hypernyms: symptom • Hyponyms: hyperpyrexia
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feverousClick to Search feverous |
adjective having or affected by a fever • Syn: feverish • Similar to: ill, sick • Derivationally related forms: fever, feverishness (for: feverish)
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feverrootClick to Search feverroot |
noun coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers • Syn: horse gentian, tinker's root, wild coffee, Triostium perfoliatum • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Triostium, genus Triostium
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Gibraltar feverClick to Search Gibraltar fever |
noun infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache • Syn: brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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glandular feverClick to Search glandular fever |
noun an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing • Syn: infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis, mono, kissing disease • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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gold feverClick to Search gold fever |
noun greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush • Hypernyms: fever
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haemorrhagic feverClick to Search haemorrhagic fever |
noun a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage • Syn: hemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF • Hypernyms: viral infection, virus infection • Hyponyms: Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever, Ebola, Lassa fever, Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, Marburg disease, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, green monkey disease
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Haverhill feverClick to Search Haverhill fever |
noun the form of ratbite fever occurring in the United States • Hypernyms: ratbite fever
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hay feverClick to Search hay fever |
noun a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen (Freq. 1) • Syn: pollinosis • Hypernyms: allergic rhinitis
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hemorrhagic feverClick to Search hemorrhagic fever |
noun a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage • Syn: haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF • Hypernyms: viral infection, virus infection • Hyponyms: Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever, Ebola, Lassa fever, Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, Marburg disease, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, green monkey disease
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Indian tick feverClick to Search Indian tick fever |
noun a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals • Syn: Marseilles fever, Kenya fever, boutonneuse fever • Hypernyms: disease
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jungle feverClick to Search jungle fever |
noun severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions • Hypernyms: malaria
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Kenya feverClick to Search Kenya fever |
noun a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals • Syn: Marseilles fever, Indian tick fever, boutonneuse fever • Hypernyms: disease
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Lassa feverClick to Search Lassa fever |
noun an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon • Hypernyms: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF
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Malta feverClick to Search Malta fever |
noun infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache • Syn: brucellosis, undulant fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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Marburg hemorrhagic feverClick to Search Marburg hemorrhagic fever |
noun a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness • Syn: Marburg disease, green monkey disease • Hypernyms: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF
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Marseilles feverClick to Search Marseilles fever |
noun a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals • Syn: Kenya fever, Indian tick fever, boutonneuse fever • Hypernyms: disease
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Mediterranean feverClick to Search Mediterranean fever |
noun infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache • Syn: brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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miliary feverClick to Search miliary fever |
noun epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality • Syn: sweating sickness • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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mountain feverClick to Search mountain fever |
noun caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks • Syn: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tick fever • Hypernyms: spotted fever
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pappataci feverClick to Search pappataci fever |
noun a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii • Syn: sandfly fever, phlebotomus • Hypernyms: disease
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paratyphoid feverClick to Search paratyphoid fever |
noun any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever • Syn: paratyphoid • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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parrot feverClick to Search parrot fever |
noun an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds • Syn: psittacosis, ornithosis • Hypernyms: atypical pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia
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puerperal feverClick to Search puerperal fever |
noun serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon • Syn: childbed fever • Hypernyms: blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia
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Q feverClick to Search Q fever |
noun an acute disease resembling influenza (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis
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rabbit feverClick to Search rabbit fever |
noun a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals (Freq. 1) • Syn: tularemia, tularaemia, deer fly fever, yatobyo • Hypernyms: zoonosis, zoonotic disease • Part Meronyms: chancre
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ratbite feverClick to Search ratbite fever |
noun either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions • Hypernyms: infectious disease • Hyponyms: Haverhill fever, sodoku, spirillum fever
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ratbite fever bacteriumClick to Search ratbite fever bacterium |
noun a bacterium causing ratbite fever • Syn: Spirillum minus • Hypernyms: spirillum
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recurrent feverClick to Search recurrent fever |
noun marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months • Syn: relapsing fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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relapsing feverClick to Search relapsing fever |
noun marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months • Syn: recurrent fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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rheumatic feverClick to Search rheumatic fever |
noun a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: infectious disease • Part Meronyms: rheumatic aortitis
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Rift Valley feverClick to Search Rift Valley fever |
noun an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals • Hypernyms: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF
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Rock feverClick to Search Rock fever |
noun infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache • Syn: brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Mediterranean fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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Rocky Mountain spotted feverClick to Search Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
noun caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks • Syn: mountain fever, tick fever • Hypernyms: spotted fever
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sandfly feverClick to Search sandfly fever |
noun a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii • Syn: pappataci fever, phlebotomus • Hypernyms: disease
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scarlet feverClick to Search scarlet fever |
noun an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash • Syn: scarlatina • Hypernyms: contagious disease, contagion
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shipping feverClick to Search shipping fever |
noun a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market) (Freq. 6) • Syn: shipping pneumonia • Hypernyms: animal disease, blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia
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spirillum feverClick to Search spirillum fever |
noun the form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East • Syn: sodoku • Hypernyms: ratbite fever
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splenic feverClick to Search splenic fever |
noun a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people • Syn: anthrax • Hypernyms: zoonosis, zoonotic disease
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spotted feverClick to Search spotted fever |
noun any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin • Hypernyms: rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis • Hyponyms: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, mountain fever, tick fever
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swamp feverClick to Search swamp fever |
noun an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever • Syn: leptospirosis • Hypernyms: zoonosis, zoonotic disease • Hyponyms: canicola fever, Weil's disease
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Texas feverClick to Search Texas fever |
noun an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick • Hypernyms: animal disease
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thermic feverClick to Search thermic fever |
noun sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat • Syn: sunstroke, insolation, siriasis • Derivationally related forms: insolate (for: insolation) • Hypernyms: heatstroke, heat hyperpyrexia
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tick feverClick to Search tick fever |
noun caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks • Syn: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, mountain fever • Hypernyms: spotted fever
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trench feverClick to Search trench fever |
noun marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice • Hypernyms: rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis
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typhoid feverClick to Search typhoid fever |
noun serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water • Syn: typhoid, enteric fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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typhus feverClick to Search typhus fever |
noun rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever (Freq. 1) • Syn: typhus • Hypernyms: rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis • Hyponyms: murine typhus, rat typhus, urban typhus, endemic typhus
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undulant feverClick to Search undulant fever |
noun infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache • Syn: brucellosis, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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valley feverClick to Search valley fever |
noun an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules • Syn: coccidioidomycosis, coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism • Hypernyms: fungal infection, mycosis
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viral haemorrhagic feverClick to Search viral haemorrhagic fever |
noun a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage • Syn: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, VHF • Hypernyms: viral infection, virus infection • Hyponyms: Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever, Ebola, Lassa fever, Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, Marburg disease, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, green monkey disease
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viral hemorrhagic feverClick to Search viral hemorrhagic fever |
noun a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage • Syn: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF • Hypernyms: viral infection, virus infection • Hyponyms: Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever, Ebola, Lassa fever, Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, Marburg disease, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, green monkey disease
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yellow feverClick to Search yellow fever |
noun caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito • Syn: yellow jack, black vomit • Hypernyms: infectious disease
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