Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Po·to·mac horse fever Pronunciation:
p&-'tO-m&k-, -mik- Function:
noun : an often fatal disease of horses that is marked byfever, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and laminitis, that is caused by a bacterium of the genus
Ehrlichia (
E. risticii), and that was discovered in the region of the Potomac River inMaryland but is much more widespread called also
Potomac fever
