Usually means: Historical epidemic caused by typhus.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word jail fever:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. jail fever: Collins English Dictionary
  2. jail-fever, jail fever: Wordnik
  3. jail fever: Wiktionary
  4. jail fever: Dictionary.com
  5. jail fever: FreeDictionary.org
  6. jail fever: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Jail Fever, Jail-fever: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. jail fever: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Fever, jail, Jail fever: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Jail fever: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Jail-fever, jail fever: Medical dictionary
  7. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  9. Fever, jail, Jail fever: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Jail fever, Jail fever, Jail fever: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jail fever)

▸ noun:  Typhus.

Similar:
prison fever, hospital fever, gaol fever, putrid fever, ship fever, famine fever, camp fever, lazaret fever, typhus, typhization, more...

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prison fever, hospital fever, gaol fever, putrid fever, ship fever, famine fever, camp fever, lazaret fever, typhus, typhization, more...



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