Q fever
nounPathology.
an acute, influenzalike disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetti.
Origin of Q fever
1First recorded in 1935–40; abbreviation of query
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British Dictionary definitions for Q fever
Q fever
noun
an acute disease characterized by fever and pneumonia, transmitted to man by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii
Origin of Q fever
1C20: from q (uery) fever (the cause being unknown when it was named)
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