Phrase Hound found 30 phrases and 2 compound words that contain fevers. The most common are listed below. Open fevers in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 30
- brain feversplural of brain fever: encephalitis or meningitis
- glandular feversplural of glandular fever: Mononucleosis.
- gold feversplural of gold fever: A feverish obsession with seeking gold ore; an era (figuratively an epidemic) during which this obsession grips a large number of people.
- hay feversplural of hay fever: An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.
- hemorrhagic feversplural of hemorrhagic fever: viral haemorrhagic fever
- mill feversplural of mill fever: An acute febrile respiratory infection common to textile workers, believed to be a result of gram-negative bacteria in mill dust.
- monkey feversplural of monkey fever: Any of several diseases associated or thought to be associated with monkeys.
- Panama feversplural of Panama fever: A dangerous febrile illness caused by a hantavirus infection in Panama, notably caused by the Choclo virus variant.
- rabbit feversplural of rabbit fever: tularemia
- scarlet feversplural of scarlet fever: A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever.
- septic feversplural of septic fever: A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
- spotted feversplural of spotted fever: any of various diseases causing fever and spots on the skin
- sun feversplural of sun fever: A feverish condition brought on by overheating in the sun; sunstroke.
- trench feversplural of trench fever: An acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (now Bartonella quintana) and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, that affected very many soldiers during World War I.
- typhoid feversplural of typhoid fever: An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.
- haemorrhagic feversplural of haemorrhagic fever: viral haemorrhagic fever
- familial Mediterranean feversplural of familial Mediterranean fever: A hereditary inflammatory disorder, characterized by recurrent fever, that affects groups of people originating from around the Mediterranean Sea, including Armenians, Sephardi Jews, Greeks, and …
- low-grade feversplural of low-grade fever: A slight fever, typically defined as never exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius (about 101 degrees Fahrenheit).
- puerperal feversplural of puerperal fever: A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
- paratyphoid feversplural of paratyphoid fever: Any of a variety of acute infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever but less severe, caused by eating food contaminated with certain bacteria of the genus Salmonella.
- Rocky Mountain spotted feversplural of Rocky Mountain spotted fever: A disease of the Americas characterized by fever and rashes, caused by bacteria of the species Rickettsia rickettsii and transmitted by ticks.
- Pfeiffer's glandular feversplural of Pfeiffer's glandular fever: Mononucleosis.
- remittent feversplural of remittent fever: A fever where the temperature remains above normal throughout the day and fluctuates more than 1°C within 24 hours.
- Bay feversplural of Bay fever: Any illness feigned by convicts to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.
- green feversplural of green fever: Chlorosis.
Compound words 2
- pseudofeversplural of pseudofever: A high body temperature that resembles, but is not in fact, a fever.
- sunfeversplural of sunfever: A feverish condition brought on by overheating in the sun; sunstroke.