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Q fever

n.

An infectious disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii that is characterized by fever, malaise, and muscular pains.

[q(uery) (because originally the infectious agent was unknown) + fever.]

Q fever

n

(Medicine / Pathology) an acute disease characterized by fever and pneumonia, transmitted to man by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii

[from q(uery) fever (the cause being unknown when it was named)]

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Q fever - an acute disease resembling influenza

rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis - infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria

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