jungle fever

jungle fever

noun Pathology.
a severe variety of malarial fever occurring in the East Indies and the tropics.

Origin:
1795–1805

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jungle fever
 
n
a serious malarial fever occurring in the East Indies

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Medical Dictionary

jungle fever jun·gle fever (jŭng'gəl)
n.
See malaria.

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