Q fever
noun Pathology.
an acute, influenzalike disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetti.
Origin of Q fever
First recorded in 1935–40; abbreviation of
query
British Dictionary definitions for q fever
Q fever
noun
an acute disease characterized by fever and pneumonia, transmitted to man by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii
Word Origin for Q fever
C20: from
q (
uery)
fever (the cause being unknown when it was named)
Medical definitions for q fever
Q fever
n.
An infectious disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii, characterized by fever, malaise, and muscular pains.