buck fever |
the nervous excitement felt by novice hunters when they first sight game. |
cabin fever |
anxiety caused by being confined to a small space or isolated from other people for a length of time, as during winter. |
fever blister |
a blister on the face or lips often accompanying a cold or fever; cold sore. |
glandular fever |
see "infectious mononucleosis." |
hay fever |
a condition marked by a runny nose, sneezing, and headache that is caused by an allergy to plant pollen. |
jungle fever |
any of several tropical diseases, esp. a severe variety of malarial fever. |
parrot fever |
see "psittacosis." |
puerperal fever |
an infection, often fatal, of the endometrium or bloodstream, that occurs during or just after childbirth, usu. caused by unsanitary conditions surrounding delivery. |
rabbit fever |
see "tularemia." |
ratbite fever |
either of two infectious diseases transmitted by the bites of rats or other animals, one characterized by inflammation, back and joint pains, headache, and vomiting, and the other by a purplish rash, recurrent fever, and ulceration near the bite. |
rheumatic fever |
a severe infectious disease whose symptoms include fever and inflammation of the joints and parts of the heart, usu. occurring in children. |
Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
a disease caused by a microorganism carried to humans by certain North American ticks that is characterized by high fever, rash, and pain in the muscles and joints. |
rose fever |
a form of hay fever that occurs in spring or early summer as an allergic reaction to rose pollen. |
scarlet fever |
an acute contagious disease esp. affecting children, caused by streptococci and characterized by sore throat, fever, and a reddish rash. |
spotted fever |
any of various infectious diseases transmitted by ticks and characterized by skin eruptions, esp. Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (See tick fever.) [2 definitions] |
spring fever |
the feelings of listlessness or restlessness that may affect people at the beginning of spring. |
swamp fever |
see "malaria." [2 definitions] |
Texas fever |
an infectious disease of the red blood cells, transmitted by ticks, that is commonly found in cattle. |
tick fever |
any infectious fever, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, transmitted to humans by the bite of a tick. |
trench fever |
an infectious type of rickets characterized by muscle pains and recurrent fever, and transmitted by body lice. |