Famine fever — Famine Fam ine, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. ????? want, need, Skr. h[=a]ni loss, lack, h[=a] to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. Worn with famine. Milton. [1913 Webster] There was a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
famine fever — Relapsing Re*laps ing, a. Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state. [1913 Webster] {Relapsing fever} (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
famine fever — noun : relapsing fever * * * famine fever, = typhus. (Cf. ↑typhus) … Useful english dictionary
Famine — Fam ine, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. ????? want, need, Skr. h[=a]ni loss, lack, h[=a] to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. Worn with famine. Milton. [1913 Webster] There was a famine in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chronology of the Great Famine — Main article: Great Famine (Ireland) An 1849 depiction of Bridget O Donnell and her two children during the famine. The Chronology of the Great Famine (Irish: An Gorta Mór[1] … Wikipedia
malarial fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… … Moby Thesaurus
rheumatic fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… … Moby Thesaurus
scarlet fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… … Moby Thesaurus
spotted fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… … Moby Thesaurus
typhoid fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… … Moby Thesaurus
