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(informal) gastroenteritis; stomach flu
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(medicine) leptospirosis
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Measles, rubeola, 10-day measles.
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(medicine) A kind of brucellosis, Brucella abortus, and the only one endemic to North America.
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(medicine) The absence or an intermission during a bout of fever.
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(medicine, historical) A pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia.
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(slang) Synonym of jungle fever
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(medicine, uncountable) dengue fever
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(medicine) A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.
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A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
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An allergic reaction, similar to hay fever, caused by mountain cedar pollen.
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A form of malarial fever encountered along the Chagres River in Panama.
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(medicine) Synonym of Charcot's fever
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(medicine) Synonym of Charcot's fever
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(medicine) Any inflammation or other skin reaction to an irritant.
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Obsolete form of distemper. [(veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.]
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(medicine) An extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus, characterised by fever and internal bleeding, contracted through infected body fluids.
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(informal, Australia, Brisbane) Colds and influenza spread during, and possibly because of, the Royal Queensland Show.
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colony collapse disorder
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(archaic) German measles.
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(pathology) a hereditary inflammatory disorder, characterized by recurrent fever, that affects groups of people originating from around the Mediterranean Sea, including Armenians, Sephardi Jews, Greeks, and Arabs
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(archaic, pathology) malaria
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A cold sore, an outbreak of vesicles caused by herpes simplex viral infection, especially when recurring during another illness that causes fever.
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(medicine) Initialism of familial Mediterranean fever. [(pathology) a hereditary inflammatory disorder, characterized by recurrent fever, that affects groups of people originating from around the Mediterranean Sea, including Armenians, Sephardi Jews, Greeks, and Arabs]
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(UK, informal) A cold or similar illness contracted by new students at a university, caused by gathering people (and the diseases they carry) from a wide variety of places in a confined area, allowing the diseases to spread to those without immunity.
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Alternative form of jail fever [Typhus.]
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(pathology) Influenza, the flu.
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(obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
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(chiefly US, now rare) Synonym of swine fever
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Alternative spelling of hog fever
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Alternative spelling of hog fever
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Exhibiting or relating to hyperpyrexia.
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An unusually low body temperature
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(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.
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(medicine) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
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(obsolete, medicine, US) Synonym of German measles
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(medicine, obsolete) Typhus characterized by a rash.
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(archaic) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
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Affected with malaria.
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Synonym of Marburg disease
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(medicine, archaic) malaria
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A party where children are brought together to spread measles between each other, allowing them to develop immunity for life, as the consequences of measles infections in adulthood are much harsher than in childhood.
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Synonym of Persian relapsing fever
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Resembling or relating to measles.
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(US, slang, dated) syphilis
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A "folk illness" in Filipino culture, believed to be brought on by exposure to cold or to water.
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(medicine, archaic) A form of relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica.
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(medicine) typhoid fever
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Synonym of Potomac horse fever
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(pathology, obstetrics) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
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Pyrexia of unknown origin.
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(medicine) Trench fever.
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Relating to fever; feverish; pyrexial.
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(medicine) Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature
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(pathology) The production of fever.
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Alternative spelling of pyrexia [(medicine) Fever.]
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(medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
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(obsolete) A type of feverish illness accompanied by a rash.
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(medicine, obsolete) A kind of fever borne by ticks, especially in cattle.
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(medicine) Synonym of redwater fever
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(medicine) Synonym of redwater fever
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Synonym of San Joaquin Valley fever
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Of or pertaining to scarlet fever.
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Of or pertaining to scarlet fever.
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(UK, slang, obsolete, uncountable) Romantic attraction to soldiers in preference to other people.
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(obsolete, medicine) An intermittent fever of this kind.
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Alternative form of ship fever [A form of typhus fever.]
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(obsolete) A febrile disease characterized by dyspnea and bronchitis, caused by inhaling dust or mold.
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Alternative form of sibbens [(medicine) A contagious disease, once endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws and marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body.]
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(pathology) Alternative form of Spanish influenza [(pathology) A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people.]
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(pathology) A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people.
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(medicine, obsolete) synochus; continuous fever
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(medicine, obsolete) A continuous fever.
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An Indian malarial fever.
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A strong fever (especially one associated with malaria)
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(informal) An inhalation fever caused by the fumes released when polytetrafluoroethylene is heated.
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(archaic, medicine) A severe form of malaria.
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Alternative form of three-day sickness. [(informal) Bovine ephemeral fever.]
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(medicine) Roseola infantum.
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(medicine) any infectious disease which occurs only, or more often, in tropical or subtropical regions
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Synonym of relapsing fever
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Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with typhoid fever
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Obsolete form of typhus. [(pathology) One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.]
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(pathology) One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.
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Synonym of Uhthoff's phenomenon
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(medicine) Any of several contagious diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, contracted through sexual intercourse.
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(medicine, obsolete) A fevered condition in children, ascribed to intestinal worms.
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