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
Diseases now being treated with the drug include: typhoid, food poisoning, undulant fever and rabbit fever; certain infections of the genitourinary tract; some types of blood poisoning, meningitis, pneumonia and bacterial endocarditis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two more readings with two other thermometers convinced Dr. Moritz Wilchfort that Student Nurse Sophie Sapala, 21, suffering from undulant fever, had hit a new high in body heat and lived.
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
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