familial Mediterranean fever

noun

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 Arabs.

Meanings

nounfamilial Mediterranean fever (usually uncountable, plural familial Mediterranean fevers)

plural familial Mediterranean fevers

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineA hereditary inflammatory disorder, characterized by recurrent fever, that affects groups of people originating from around the Mediterranean Sea, including Armenians, Sephardi Jews, Greeks, and Arabs.

    Synonyms: Armenian disease, Mediterranean erythematous fever, Mediterranean fever

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hereditary inflammatory disorder, characterized by recurrent fever, that affects groups of people originating from around the Mediterranean Sea, including Armenians, Sephardi Jews, Greeks, and Arabs.

Translations

Spanish fiebre mediterránea familiar
  • fiebre mediterránea familiarinflammatory disorder
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