| Library / English Dictionary |
SWAMP FEVER
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever
Synonyms:
leptospirosis; swamp fever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("swamp fever" is a kind of...):
zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swamp fever"):
canicola fever (an acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice)
Weil's disease (a severe form of leptospirosis in human beings)
