undulant fever

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. brucellosis.

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undulant fever British  

noun

1. another name for brucellosis

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Etymology

Origin of undulant fever

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

In humans, a brucellosis infection can cause undulant fever and fatigue.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Such is the characteristic of the disease, and hence its variant name, undulant fever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nobody paid much attention to this mild form of undulant fever until Drs. Urschel and Davis began calling attention to it in the Indiana State Medical Association Journal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Study of undulant fever in cows and pigs furthered.

From Time Magazine Archive

But unlike the undulant fever that had afflicted him more than a decade prior, he didn’t get better.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly