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sandfly fever
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noun Pathology.
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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Also called phlebotomus fever.
Origin of sandfly fever
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby sandfly fever
S.&F., sandfish, sand flea, sand-floated, sandfly, sandfly fever, Sand, George, sandglass, sand-groper, sand grouse, S and H
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