| PCF | peripheral circulatory failure; pharyngoconjunctival fever; platelet complement fixation; posterior ... |
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| PFUO | prolonged fever of unknown origin |
| QF | quality factor; query fever; quick freeze; relative biological effectiveness |
| RF | radial fiber; radio frequency; receptive field; regurgitant fraction; Reitland-Franklin [unit]; rela... |
| Rh | F rheumatic fever |
| polka fever | Tropical disease caused by a flavivirus (one of the arboviruses), transmitted by mosquitoes. A more serious complication is dengue shock syndrome, a haemorrhagic fever probably caused by an immune complex hypersensitivity after re exposure. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| polyleptic fever | A fever occurring in two or more paroxysms; e.g., smallpox, relapsing fever, intermittent fever. Compare: monoleptic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polymer fume fever | An occupational disease marked by fever, pain in the chest, and cough caused by the inhalation of fumes given off by a plastic, polytetrafluorethylene, when heated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cotton-mill fever | <chest medicine> Exposures to cotton dust during the production of yarns, linen and rope can produce chronic obstructive lung disease (after 10 years). Early symptoms include chest tightness. Treatment includes bronchodilators and removal from work environment. (21 Mar 1998) |
| Crimean fever | A febrile disease of the mediterranean area, the crimea, africa, and india, caused by infection with rickettsia conorii. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haematuric bilious fever | Haematuria due to renal lesions caused by the malarial haematozoon, Plasmodium falciparum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemoglobinuric fever | A condition, now uncommon, resulting from Plasmodium falciparum infection (malignant tertian malaria with severe haemolysis); frequently seen in Caucasians after interrupted treatment with quinine. Synonym: blackwater fever, haemoglobinuric fever, West African fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Potomac horse fever | <veterinary> A febrile disease of horses in North America caused by Ehrlichia risticii and characterised by anorexia, leukopenia, and occasional diarrhoea. Synonym: Potomac horse fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haverhill fever | <microbiology> An infection by Streptobacillus moniliformis marked by initial chills and high fever (gradually subsiding), by arthritis usually in the larger joints and spine, and by a rash occurring chiefly over the joints and on the extensor surfaces of the extremities. Haverhill fever is used to indicate Streptobacillus moniliformis infections not associated with rat bite resulting from contaminated food or water. Synonym: erythema arthriticum epidemicum. Origin: Haverhill, MA, where an epidemic occurred in 1926 (05 Mar 2000) |
| hay fever | <chest medicine> An inflammatory response in the nasal passages to an allergic stimulus. Often includes: nasal congestion, sneezing, runny or itchy nose. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pretibial fever | A mild disease first observed among military personnel at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, characterised by fever, moderate prostration, splenomegaly, and a rash on the anterior aspects of the legs; due to the autumnalis serovar of Leptospira interrogans. Synonym: Fort Bragg fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sakushu fever | A fever occurring in Japan in the autumn; resembles Weil's disease, but is milder and is caused by the autumnalis serovar of Leptospira interrogans. Synonym: akiyami, autumn fever, sakushu fever, seven-day fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prison fever typhus | <infectious disease> A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40 |
| Salinem fever | Infection with Leptospira pyrogenes, reported in Salinem. Synonym: Salinem infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salt fever | Elevated temperature in an infant, following a rectal injection of a salt solution. See: thirst fever. (05 Mar 2000) |