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ROCK FEVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rock fever mean?
• ROCK FEVER (noun)
The noun ROCK 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: ROCK FEVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Rock fever" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)
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