Mediterranean fever

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
• Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized M
: any of several febrile conditions often endemic in parts of the Mediterranean region; specifically : human brucellosis

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Pathol.
brucellosis.
[1810-20]

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Mediterranean fever noun
Malta or undulant fever
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Main Entry: ↑mediterranean

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Mediterranean fever,
= undulant fever. (Cf. ↑undulant fever)

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