A term once used for an acute fever, particularly with alternating heat and shivering, i.e., malaria. See: FEVER, MALARIA, etc. Health Source: Bartrams Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine Author: Health Encyclopedia
An outdated term for malaria or other diseases causing fever in which the sufferer alternately feels excessively hot and shiveringly cold. Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary Author: The British Medical Association
n. see malaria. Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin
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