sandfly fever

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.

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Etymology

Origin of sandfly fever

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Malaria, dysentery, smallpox, typhus and sandfly fever were everpresent.

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