Gibraltar fever
- noun
- /dʒɪˈbrɔltər ˈfiːvər/
- Archaic
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fiebre de Gibraltar
- Many cases of Gibraltar fever occurred after people drank unpasteurized milk in the region.
Examples
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The doctor suspected Gibraltar fever when the patient presented with persistent fever and joint pain.
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Veterinarians are at increased risk of contracting Gibraltar fever through contact with infected livestock.
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People can contract Gibraltar fever from infected animals.
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Have you heard about Gibraltar fever?
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Many cases of Gibraltar fever occurred after people drank unpasteurized milk from infected cows.
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The doctor diagnosed the patient with Gibraltar fever after she exhibited symptoms like headaches and chills.
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Farmers are advised to take precautions against Gibraltar fever when handling potentially infected animals.
Synonyms
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A disease caused by bacteria that animals have and people can catch, causing fever
A disease people get from animals or raw milk that causes fever and flu-like symptoms
A sickness you catch from sick animals, meat, or milk that causes fever and headache
An illness people get from infected animals or raw dairy when germs enter the body, causing fever and headache
A disease people get from animals or animal products that causes repeated fevers and headaches
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a place-name + symptom (Gibraltar + fever), so a learner who knows both words will reasonably infer it denotes a fever/disease associated with Gibraltar. However, the precise medical identity (that it is brucellosis, bacterial and transmitted from animals) is not predictable from the constituents, so the expression is only partially compositional.
Etymology
Gibraltar fever may come from reports of many cases near the Rock of Gibraltar, where soldiers and local people fell ill after drinking raw milk or touching infected animals. So the name now means the animal-spread disease 'brucellosis', which causes fever and pain.