MEDITERRANEAN FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mediterranean fever mean? 

• MEDITERRANEAN FEVER (noun)
  The noun MEDITERRANEAN FEVER has 1 sense:

1. infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache

  Familiarity information: MEDITERRANEAN FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDITERRANEAN FEVER (noun)

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Meaning:

Infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

brucellosis; Gibraltar fever; Malta fever; Mediterranean fever; Rock fever; undulant fever

Hypernyms ("Mediterranean fever" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)