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undulant fever
undulant fever
noun
- another name for brucellosis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of undulant fever1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Word History and Origins
Origin of undulant fever1
C19: so called because the fever symptoms are intermittent
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Example Sentences
In humans, a brucellosis infection can cause undulant fever and fatigue.
From New York Times
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.
From Washington Times
But unlike the undulant fever that had afflicted him more than a decade prior, he didn’t get better.
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