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Q fever

noun

, Pathology.
  1. an acute, influenzalike disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetti.

Q fever

noun

  1. 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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