HyperDic: swamp_fever

English > 1 sense of the expression swamp fever:
NOUNstateswamp fever, leptospirosisan infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals
English > swamp fever: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever.
Synonymleptospirosis
NarrowerWeil's diseaseA severe form of leptospirosis in human beings
canicola feverAn acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice
Broaderzoonosis, zoonotic diseaseAn animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
Spanishleptospirosis
Catalanleptospirosi

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