cotton fever

noun

A fever that follows intravenous drug use with a cotton filter, deriving from an endotoxin released by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans.

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Meanings

nouncotton fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA fever that follows intravenous drug use with a cotton filter, deriving from an endotoxin released by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans.
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cotton fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cotton%20fever

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