Mediterranean fever

noun

Familial Mediterranean fever.

Meanings

nounMediterranean fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineFamilial Mediterranean fever.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouninfectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache

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