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trench fever

trench fe·ver


noun 
Definition:
 
contagious disease caused by bacterium: a contagious illness whose symptoms include fever, headaches, and muscle aches, common among soldiers fighting in trenches in World War I and caused by the bacterium Rochalimaea quintana

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