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trench fevers

trench fevers is the plural of trench fever.

Meaning of trench fever

Noun

trench fever (countable and uncountable, plural trench fevers)

  1. An acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (now Bartonella quintana) and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, that affected very many soldiers during World War I.
    Synonyms:
    five-day fever

Questions about trench fevers

What is trench fevers the plural of?
Trench fevers is the plural of trench fever.

Words near trench fevers in the dictionary

  1. trench derby
  2. trench dress
  3. trench dresses
  4. trench effect
  5. trench fever
  6. trench fevers
  7. trench foot
  8. trench knife
  9. trench knives
  10. trench mentalities
  11. trench mentality

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