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Q fever

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An infectious disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii that is characterized by fever, malaise, and muscular pains.

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  • noun pathology An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii

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  • noun an acute disease resembling influenza

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[q(uery) (because originally the infectious agent was unknown) + fever.]

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. rickettsial disease
  2. rickettsiosis

forms (2)

Forms

  1. Australian Q fever
  2. Q fever pneumonia

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. query fever

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