Fort Bragg fever

noun

leptospirosis

Meanings

nounFort Bragg fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountableleptospirosis

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

In reference to an outbreak at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty), North Carolina in 1942.

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