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Charcot's fever

Charcot's fever noun: a recurrent fever associated with gallstones and jaundice.

Noun

Charcot's fever (uncountable)

  1. A recurrent fever associated with gallstones and jaundice.
    • Again, acute ulcerative endocarditis and purulent phlebitis may cause similar symptoms, as may also hepatic abscess, impaction of gallstones, with suppurative cholangitis, causing the so-called Charcot's fever (see below).1907, Hobart Amory Hare, Practical Diagnosis: The Use of Symptoms and Physical Signs in the Diagnosis of Disease

Synonyms of Charcot's fever

Questions about Charcot's fever

What does Charcot's fever mean?
Charcot's fever means a recurrent fever associated with gallstones and jaundice.
What part of speech is Charcot's fever?
Charcot's fever is a noun.

Words near Charcot's fever in the dictionary

  1. Charcot
  2. Charcot feet
  3. Charcot foot
  4. Charcot intermittent fever
  5. Charcot's cholangitis triad
  6. Charcot's fever
  7. Charcot's intermittent fever
  8. Charcot's neurologic triad
  9. Charcot's triad
  10. Charcot-Leyden crystal
  11. Charcot-Leyden crystals

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