Definition of Swamp fever

1. Noun. An infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever.

Exact synonyms: Leptospirosis
Specialized synonyms: Canicola Fever, Weil's Disease
Generic synonyms: Zoonosis, Zoonotic Disease

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swamp Fever

swamp ash
swamp azalea
swamp bay
swamp beggar-ticks
swamp birch
swamp blackberry
swamp blueberry
swamp buggy
swamp candleberry
swamp candles
swamp chestnut oak
swamp cooler
swamp cottonwood
swamp cypress
swamp dewberry
swamp fever (current term)
swamp fly honeysuckle
swamp gum
swamp hare
swamp hickory
swamp honeysuckle
swamp horsetail
swamp laurel
swamp lily
swamp locust
swamp mallow
swamp maple
swamp milkweed
swamp oak
swamp pine

Literary usage of Swamp fever

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"Dr. Law makes the statement that it is because of this latter characteristic that the disease has been so often referred to under the name of swamp fever. ..."

2. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1903)
"The cases of the disease I examined appeared to resemble our ' swamp fever' in many respects while differing in some others. The duration of the disease, ..."

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