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(n.)A febrile condition in which there are alternating periods of chills,…
(n.)A chill or fit of shivering.
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Malaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Each year, there a...
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Fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fever (also known as pyrexia , from the Greek pyretos meaning fire, or a febrile response , from the Latin word febris , meaning fever, and archaically known as ague ) is a frequent medical...
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The English word for malaria was ague, a term that remained in common usage until the 19th century. ... Contemporary accounts of the distribution of ague in 16th and 17th century England reflect the ecology and distribution of this species. For example, the anaerobic bacterial flora of saline mud produces a strong...
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2. (n.) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. ... 3. (n.) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague. ... 5. (v. t.) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
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Definition of ague in the Medical Dictionary. ague explanation. Information about ague in Free online English dictionary. What is ague? Meaning of ague medical term. What does ague mean? ... ague; Ague cake; Ague drop; Ague fit; ague grass; ague root; Ague spell; Ague tree; ague weed;
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Definition of ague in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of ague. Pronunciation of ague. Translations of ague. ague synonyms, ague antonyms. Information about ague in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... [Middle English, from Old French (fievre) ague, sharp (fever), from Medieval Latin (febris) ac ta,
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Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions ... Ague: A fever (such as from malaria) that is marked by paroxysms of chills, fever, and sweating recurring regular intervals. Also a fit of shivering, a chill. Hence, ague can refer to both chills and fevers.
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Fever and ague, or malaria, swept through the Pacific Northwest after being introduced by European and American traders and settlers in the 1800s, killing up to ninety percent of the region's native people. During the last quarter of the eighteenth century, Kalapuyan Indians numbered three thousand people.
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Ague is a general term for those fevers which have periodical intermissions, and are. specifically denominated quotidian, Urtian, quartan, according to the various periods at which the febrile paroxys... ... The regular method of eradicating an ague, after the disease has been properly ushered in, by a few successive...
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