undulant fever
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of undulant fever
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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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
Whether undulant fever causes abortion in humans is not yet known, but it does temporarily affect the genital tract.
From Time Magazine Archive
The average chronic undulant fever patient had been sick three years, eight months.
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
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