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mill fevers

mill fevers is the plural of mill fever.

Meaning of mill fever

Noun

mill fever (plural mill fevers)

  1. An acute febrile respiratory infection common to textile workers, believed to be a result of gram-negative bacteria in mill dust.
    • According to Ritter, the acclimatization is also temporary, and anyone who is absent from his work for longer than 2 to 4 weeks may reexperience mill fever when he returns.1945, Transactions of the Annual Conference of State Sanitary Engineers

Questions about mill fevers

What is mill fevers the plural of?
Mill fevers is the plural of mill fever.

Words near mill fevers in the dictionary

  1. mill dams
  2. mill drill
  3. mill drills
  4. Mill End
  5. mill fever
  6. mill fevers
  7. mill head
  8. mill heads
  9. Mill Hill
  10. mill hunky
  11. mill moth

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