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MALTA FEVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
Synonyms:
brucellosis; Gibraltar fever; Malta fever; Mediterranean fever; Rock fever; undulant fever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Malta fever" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)