| ephemera | 1. <medicine> A fever of one day's continuance only. 2. <entomology> A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A day fly, fr. Daily, lasting but a day; over + day. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ephemeral | Short-lived. (09 Oct 1997) |
| ephemeral fever | An ephemerovirus infection of cattle caused by bovine ephemeral fever virus (ephemeral fever virus, bovine). It is characterised by respiratory symptoms, increased oropharyngeal secretions and lacrimation, joint pains, tremor, and stiffness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ephemeral fever of cattle | An acute febrile disease of cattle in many African and Asian countries and Australia, caused by a rhabdovirus and characterised by stiffness and lameness. Synonym: bovine ephemeral fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ephemeral fever virus | A rhabdovirus that causes ephemeral fever of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ephemeral fever virus, bovine | The type species of ephemerovirus causing disease in cattle. Transmission is by haematophagous arthropods and the virus has been isolated from both culicoides and mosquitoes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ephemeran | <zoology> One of the ephemeral flies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |