Q fever


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

Origin of Q fever

1
First recorded in 1935–40; abbreviation of query

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British Dictionary definitions for Q fever

Q fever

noun
  1. an acute disease characterized by fever and pneumonia, transmitted to man by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii

Origin of Q fever

1
C20: from q (uery) fever (the cause being unknown when it was named)

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