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trench fever
noun
, Pathology.
- a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.
trench fever
noun
- an acute infectious disease characterized by fever and muscular aches and pains, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana and transmitted by the bite of a body louse
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trench fever1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
Two new diseases have been produced by the World War,—spotted typhus and trench fever; both are carried by vermin.
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We're immensely merry—all except the trench-fever case who has conceived an immense sorrow for himself.
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In my ambulance there are two leg-cases with most theatrical bandages, and one case of trench-fever.
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Of what actually occurred I know little, for I was laid low in my hut with a bout of trench fever.
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Late in the summer I accumulated a nice little case of trench fever.
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