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puerperal fever: serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon

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remittent collapse: (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; "a remittent fever"

delirium collapse: a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

hectic collapse

fever collapse: intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"; a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

smallpox collapse: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

typhus collapse: rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

typhoid fever collapse

cholera collapse: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

trench mouth collapse

diphtheria collapse: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing

strep throat collapse

spotted fever collapse: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin

yellow fever collapse

scarlet fever collapse: an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

rubella collapse

German measles collapse: a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester

rheumatic fever collapse: a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves

hookworm collapse: parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts; infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin

malarial fever collapse

measles collapse: an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

yaws collapse: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

polio collapse

infantile paralysis collapse

mumps collapse: an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

thrush collapse: songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast; a woman who sings popular songs; candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults

sleeping sickness collapse: an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness

black death collapse: the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe

malaria collapse: an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever

leprosy collapse: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

ringworm collapse

herpes collapse: any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin; viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane

tuberculosis collapse: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

hoof-and-mouth disease collapse

mange collapse: a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)

rabies collapse: an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

venereal disease collapse: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

hydrophobia collapse: a morbid fear of water; a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids

grippe collapse

heat collapse: the trait of being intensely emotional; the sensation caused by heat energy; a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race; a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature; make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"; gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly"; provide with heat; "heat the house"

whooping cough collapse: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

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