Noun: Mediterranean fever ,me-di-tu'rey-nee-un 'fee-vu(r)
- Infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
"The farmer contracted Mediterranean fever from handling infected cattle";
- brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever
Type of: infectious disease
Encyclopedia: Mediterranean fever, familial