undulant fever

noun

Definition of undulant fever

: a persistent human brucellosis marked especially by remittent fever, weakness, headache, chills, and weight loss and contracted by contact with infected domestic animals or consumption of their products

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About one-third of 119 hogs trapped at Congaree National Park from 2006-2010 carried pseudorabies and brucellosis, the latter of which can be transmitted to humans and cause what’s known as undulant fever. — Sammy Fretwell, charlotteobserver, "Is poisonous ‘nasty salt’ the cure for South Carolina’s wild hog problem?," 23 Dec. 2017

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undulant fever

noun

un·du·lant fever | \ ˈən-jə-lənt-

, ˈən-d(y)ə-

Medical Definition of undulant fever

: brucellosis sense 2

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