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maculated fever

maculated fever noun: typhus characterized by a rash.

Noun

maculated fever (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Typhus characterized by a rash.
    • The maculated appearance of the skin increased rapidly, spreading over all parts of the trunk and extremities […] It was not totally absent in one case out of twenty, which occasioned me to name the disease maculated fever.1835, Robert James Graves, Clinical Lecture, London Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 7, No. 172, p. 481
    • In Ireland after the maculated fever the population never rose above two millions, but there was a widespread Irish tradition throughout the English-speaking world.1933 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Schooling of Mankind”, in The Shape of Things to Come, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, 4th book (The Modern State...

Questions about maculated fever

What does maculated fever mean?
Maculated fever means typhus characterized by a rash.
What part of speech is maculated fever?
Maculated fever is a noun.

Words near maculated fever in the dictionary

  1. macular
  2. macular degeneration
  3. maculas
  4. maculate
  5. maculated
  6. maculated fever
  7. maculates
  8. maculating
  9. maculation
  10. maculations
  11. maculatory

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