Mediterranean fever

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. brucellosis.

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Mediterranean fever British  

noun

1. another name for brucellosis

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Etymology

Origin of Mediterranean fever

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

One such disease is brucellosis, also known as Bang's diseases or Mediterranean fever, which is a highly contagious zoonosis people catch by consuming unsterilized milk or meat from infected animals.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2012

Malta was no place in which to get rid of Mediterranean fever.

From Five Months at Anzac A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force by Beeston, Joseph Lievesley

The causes of plague, cholera, typhoid, Mediterranean fever, and sleeping sickness, have been discovered solely by the experimental method.

From The Pros and Cons of Vivisection by Richet, Charles