undulant fever

noun

Pathology.

1. brucellosis.

undulant fever

noun

1. another name for brucellosis

Word History and Origins

Origin of undulant fever¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Word History and Origins

Origin of undulant fever¹

C19: so called because the fever symptoms are intermittent

Example Sentences

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

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Yellowstone bison are known to carry brucellosis, a disease that can cause pregnant cattle to abort and infect humans with undulant fever, which causes fever, weakness and muscle pain.

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

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