Texas Fever Definitions

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Leptospirosis : ایک مرض جو جانور سے انسان کو لگتا ہے , Brucellosis : مالٹی بخار , Bos Indicus : بھارتی بیل , Typhus : ایک قسم کا بخار جس میں جسم پر دانے نکل آتے ہیں , Recurrent Fever : لوٹ آنے والا بخار , Actinomycosis : مویشیوں کی بیماری , Malaria : ملیریا , Meningitis : ورم پردۂ دماغ , Houston : امریکی شہر ہوسٹن , Beefalo : دوغلا جانور , Reed : امریکی ڈاکٹر جس نے ثابت کیا کے زرد بخار مچھر کے کاٹنے سے ہوتا ہے , Sweating Sickness : ایک وبائی بیماری , Endemic Typhus : ایک قسم کا شدید انفیکشن جس میں بخار اور ٹھنڈ لگتی ہے , Catarrhal Fever : جانوروں کی ایک بیماری , Enterotoxemia : بھیڑ بکریوں کی آنتوں کی بیماری , Milk Sickness : دودھ بیماری , Breakbone Fever : ہڈی توڑ بخار , T.B. : تپ دق , Epidemic Parotitis : ایک بیماری جس میں گلا سوج جاتا ہے , Croup : خناق , Smallpox : چیچک ایک جلدی بیماری , Ulcerative Colitis : السریٹیو کولائی ٹس مرض جس میں بڑی آنت میں ورم ہوجاتا ہے , Afebrile : بخار کے بغیر , Cattle Pen : مویشیوں کا باڑہ , Pyretic : بخاری , Pyrectic : بخار والا , Beef Man : مویشی پالنے والا , Febrile : بخار سے متعلق , Aedes : ڈینگی مچھر , Abilene : ٹیکساس کا شہر , Lufkin : لیفکن

Useful Words Definitions

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Leptospirosis: an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever.

Brucellosis: infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache.

Bos Indicus: any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding.

Typhus: rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever.

Recurrent Fever: marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months.

Actinomycosis: disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses.

Malaria: an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever.

Meningitis: infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea.

Houston: the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Beefalo: hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds.

Reed: United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902).

Sweating Sickness: a disease of cattle (especially calves).

Endemic Typhus: acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash.

Catarrhal Fever: any of several disease of livestock marked by fever and edema of the respiratory tract.

Enterotoxemia: a disease of cattle and sheep that is attributed to toxins absorbed from the intestines.

Milk Sickness: disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.

Breakbone Fever: an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.

T.B.: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages).

Epidemic Parotitis: an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands.

Croup: a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing.

Smallpox: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.

Ulcerative Colitis: a serious chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine and rectum characterized by recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and fever and chills and profuse diarrhea.

Afebrile: having no fever.

Cattle Pen: a pen for cattle.

Pyretic: causing fever.

Pyrectic: having or causing fever.

Beef Man: a man who raises (or tends) cattle.

Febrile: of or relating to or characterized by fever.

Aedes: yellow-fever mosquitos.

Abilene: a city in central Texas.

Lufkin: a town in eastern Texas.