noun
infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
• Syn: ↑brucellosis, ↑undulant fever, ↑Malta fever, ↑Gibraltar fever, ↑Rock fever
• Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease
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nounUsage: 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)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.