Learn English free online - how to pronounce word in English - English Learning Online- www.pronounceword.com




Q fever






Q fever   
noun

Definition of Q fever

: a disease characterized by high fever, chills, muscular pains, headache, and sometimes pneumonia that is caused by a bacterium (Coxiella burnetii of the family Coxiellaceae) of which domestic animals serve as reservoirs and that is transmitted to humans especially by inhalation of infectious airborne bacteria



First Known Use of Q fever

1937, in the meaning defined above



History and Etymology for Q fever

query



Dictionary Entries near Q fever