malta fever

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Malta fever
    n 1: infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by
         contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk
         products; characterized by fever and headache [syn:
         {brucellosis}, {undulant fever}, {Malta fever}, {Gibraltar
         fever}, {Rock fever}, {Mediterranean fever}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

malta fever \malta fever\ n. (Med.)
   An infectious disease contracted from meat or milk products
   from infected domestic animals; called also {brucellosis} and
   {undulant fever}.
   [WordNet 1.5]

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