MEDITERRANEAN FEVER

Pronunciation (US):

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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 ("Mediterranean fever" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

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