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sand′fly fe′ver, [Pathol.]
- Pathologya usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus. Also called phlebotomus fever.
- 1910–15
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