febrile+disease
51Potomac Horse Fever — (PHF) is a febrile disease affecting horses. It is also known as Shasta River Crud and Equine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis. It was first described in areas surrounding the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., in the 1980 s, but cases have been… …
52Rickettsia — A member of a group of microorganisms that (like viruses) require other living cells for growth but (like bacteria) use oxygen, have metabolic enzymes and cell walls, and are susceptible to antibiotics. Rickettsiae cause a series of diseases… …
53rheumatic fever — n an acute often recurrent disease occurring chiefly in children and young adults and characterized by fever, inflammation, pain, and swelling in and around the joints, inflammatory involvement of the pericardium and valves of the heart, and… …
54fowl cholera — noun an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease, ↑blood poisoning, ↑septicemia, ↑septicaemia * * * noun : an acute contagious septicemic disease… …
55Scarlet fever — Also called scarlatina, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a small proportion of people with strep throat. The incubation period between contracting strep and the onset of scarlet fever is short,… …
56heartwater — heart·wa·ter härt .wȯt ər, .wät n a serious febrile disease of sheep, goats, and cattle in southern Africa that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Cowdria (C. ruminantium) transmitted by a bont tick (Amblyomma hebraeum) called also heartwater …
57east coast fever — noun : an acute highly fatal febrile disease of cattle especially of eastern and southern Africa that is caused by a protozoan (Theileria parva) transmitted by ticks (genus Rhipicephalus) and is marked by intense fever, labored breathing,… …
58pappataci fever — ▪ pathology also called phlebotomus fever, three day fever , or sandfly fever acute, infectious, febrile disease caused by a phlebovirus (family Bunyaviridae) and producing temporary incapacitation. It is transmitted to humans by the… …
59sweating sickness — n an epidemic febrile disease esp. of young cows that occurs chiefly in Africa, is characterized by profuse sweating and early high mortality, and is caused by a toxin produced and transmitted by a tick of the genus Hyalomma (H. truncatum) * * *… …
60fever — n. 1. Febrile affection, febrile disease. 2. Heat, flush, agitation, excitement, ferment …
