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prison fever

prison fever noun: typhus.

Noun

prison fever (uncountable)

  1. Typhus.

Questions about prison fever

What does prison fever mean?
Prison fever means typhus.
What part of speech is prison fever?
Prison fever is a noun.

Words near prison fever in the dictionary

  1. prison cells
  2. prison chaser
  3. prison chasers
  4. prison farm
  5. prison farms
  6. prison fever
  7. prison flower
  8. prison flowers
  9. prison gay
  10. prison guard
  11. prison guards

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