Q fever

Besides, victory fever had spread like wildfire throughout the Allied armies.
Hitler’s Hail Mary|James A. Warren|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Q: What was your sensation when they were pouring water... what did you physically feel?
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built|Michael Daly|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sets—which, really, were a feat of design and direction—appeared to be remnants of a Lewis Carroll fever dream.
‘Peter Pan Live!’ Review: No Amount of Clapping Brings It to Life|Kevin Fallon|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Future lives, careers and attitudes were being determined in this lightly regulated fever.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero|Clive Irving|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

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Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
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Day by day these fretting anxieties and perplexities wasted her strength, and her fever grew higher and higher.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Père Bracasse was ill, suffering from rheumatism, bronchitis, fever and corns.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
When Stanhope entered to him, he found his guest lying on a sofa, in a high state of fever, both from his wounds and agitation.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
If the fever ends by crisis, the crisis is accompanied by a rapid and striking increase.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

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

Word Origin for Q fever

C20: from q (uery) fever (the cause being unknown when it was named)

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Medical definitions for Q fever

Q fever

An infectious disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii, characterized by fever, malaise, and muscular pains.