swamp fever
Americannoun
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Also called infectious anemia of horses. an equine viral disease characterized by weakness and recurring fever, transmitted by contaminated food and water.
noun
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Also called: equine infectious anaemia. a viral disease of horses characterized by recurring fever, staggering gait, and general debility
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another name for malaria
Etymology
Origin of swamp fever
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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I loved the series a lot in the moment—it’s high on my best-episodes-of-2014 list, about which more later—but looking back on the season, as a whole, it feels like a swamp fever that’s passed.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2014
Better known as swamp fever, EIA is a viral infection related to the human HIV virus, and for which there is no cure or vaccine.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2012
Largely because Virginia Mayo spends a good part of her time wasting away with swamp fever, the love affair seldom becomes sticky enough to slow up the action.
From Time Magazine Archive
The novel opens in 323 B.C. with Alexander, 33, dying of swamp fever in a Babylonian palace.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latter has been cured, at the home of Yerecé, of swamp fever.
From Brazilian Tales by Goldberg, Isaac
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