ratbite fever bacterium Spirillum minus | a bacterium causing ratbite fever |
yellow-fever mosquito Aedes aegypti | mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue |
swine | stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals |
fever | intense nervous anticipation, in a fever of resentment |
buck fever | nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter |
gold fever | greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush |
fever tree Acacia xanthophloea | African tree supposed to mark healthful regions |
blue gum fever tree Eucalyptus globulus | tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil, young leaves are bluish |
fever tree Georgia bark bitter-bark Pinckneya pubens | 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 |
fever tree | any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever |
fever pitch | a state of extreme excitement, the crowd was at fever pitch |
Argentine hemorrhagic fever | hemorrhagic fever with neurological signs, caused by the Junin virus |
blackwater fever | severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine |
jungle fever | severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions |
Marseilles fever Kenya fever Indian tick fever boutonneuse fever | 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 |
swine influenza swine flu | an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the influenza pandemic |
scarlet fever scarlatina | an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash |
brucellosis undulant fever Malta fever Gibraltar fever Rock fever Mediterranean fever | infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products, characterized by fever and headache |
dengue dengue fever dandy fever breakbone fever | an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints |
oral herpes herpes labialis cold sore fever blister | caused by herpes simplex virus type (HSV-) |
infectious mononucleosis mononucleosis mono glandular fever kissing disease | 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 |
Ebola hemorrhagic fever Ebola fever Ebola | 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 |
Lassa fever | 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 |
cerebrospinal meningitis epidemic meningitis brain fever cerebrospinal fever | meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal |
paratyphoid paratyphoid fever | any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever |
ratbite fever | 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 |
typhus typhus fever | rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever |
spotted fever | any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin |
Rocky Mountain spotted fever mountain fever tick fever | caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks |
Q fever | an acute disease resembling influenza |
trench fever | marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice |
relapsing fever recurrent fever | 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 |
rheumatic fever | a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves |
sweating sickness miliary fever | epidemic in the th and th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality |
typhoid typhoid fever enteric fever | serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water |
yellow jack yellow fever black vomit | caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito |
coccidioidomycosis coccidiomycosis valley fever desert rheumatism | an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules |
psittacosis parrot fever ornithosis | an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds |
hemorrhagic fever haemorrhagic fever viral hemorrhagic fever viral haemorrhagic fever VHF | 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 |
Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever | an infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus, transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep |
Rift Valley fever | an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus, transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals |
visceral leishmaniasis kala-azar Assam fever dumdum fever | leishmaniasis of the viscera |
puerperal fever childbed fever | serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions), formerly widespread but now uncommon |
Haverhill fever | the form of ratbite fever occurring in the United States |
sunstroke insolation thermic fever siriasis | sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat |
sandfly fever pappataci fever phlebotomus | a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii |
anthrax splenic fever | a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep), it can be transmitted to people |
catarrhal fever | any of several disease of livestock marked by fever and edema of the respiratory tract |
Marburg disease Marburg hemorrhagic fever green monkey disease | a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus, when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness |
shipping fever shipping pneumonia | 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) |