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Q fever
noun
, Pathology.
- an acute, influenzalike disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetti.
Q fever
noun
- an acute disease characterized by fever and pneumonia, transmitted to man by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Q fever1
First recorded in 1935–40; abbreviation of query
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Q fever1
C20: from q ( uery ) fever (the cause being unknown when it was named)
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