English Explanatory Dictionary

trench fever

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (now Bartonella quintana) and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, that affected very many soldiers during World War I.

Word forms

trench fever trench fevers

Synonyms

five-day fever
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