单词 | rock fever |
释义 | > as lemmasrock fever rock fever n. now rare a febrile illness of humans caused by the bacterium Brucella melitensis, and once common in Gibraltar (cf. sense 4a).Also called Malta, Mediterranean, and undulant fever. ΚΠ 1815 New Med. & Physical Jrnl.: Ann. Med. 10 399 Eight officers of the 10th Regiment at Gibraltar, in 1804,..were attacked with the rock fever, but all recovered. 1914 Times 27 Apr. 7/5 The prohibition of unboiled milk of cows and goats has reduced the Mediterranean (Rock) fever to almost nil. 1996 H. Marks Mr Nice (1998) ii. 23 One is rather unimaginatively called undulant fever, although it is sometimes referred to as rock fever or even Gibraltar fever. < as lemmas |
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