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ROCK FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rock fever mean? 

ROCK FEVER (noun)
  The noun ROCK FEVER has 1 sense:

1. infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headacheplay

  Familiarity information: ROCK FEVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROCK FEVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

brucellosis; Gibraltar fever; Malta fever; Mediterranean fever; Rock fever; undulant fever

Hypernyms ("Rock fever" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)


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