| 单词 | miliary fever |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiliary fever miliary fever n. [compare French fièvre miliaire (1694)] now historical (originally) any infectious disease characterized by fever and a miliary purpuric rash; (later) an infectious disease characterized by fever, profuse sweating, and the presence of miliaria (often identified with sweating sickness). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > miliary fever miliary fever1726 millet-rash1822 millet-seed rash1892 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > miliary fever miliary fever1726 miliaria1771 millet-rash1822 millet-seed rash1892 1726Miliary fever [see sense A. 2a]. 1742 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 15 Apr. The Duchess of Cleveland died last night of what they call a miliary fever. 1844 T. J. Graham Mod. Domest. Med. (ed. 9) 647 It [sc. scarlet fever] may be distinguished from miliary fever by the miliary eruption being..attended by considerable perspiration. 1883 C. Creighton tr. A. Hirsch Handbk. Geogr. & Hist. Pathol. I. 110 A retrospect of the history of the English sweat and of the miliary fever..leaves no doubt in my mind, of the close relations between the two diseases. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 635/1 The only modern disease resembling sweating sickness is that known as miliary fever. 1991 Time (Internat. ed.) 22 July 45 The official diagnosis was miliary fever; subsequent medical detectives have suggested ailments as varied as kidney failure, bronchial pneumonia, cerebral hemorrhage. < as lemmas |
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