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NOUN (2)

1. infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache;
[syn: brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever]

2. an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings;
[syn: brucellosis, contagious abortion, Bang's disease]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

malta fever \malta fever\ n. (Med.)
   An infectious disease contracted from meat or milk products
   from infected domestic animals; called also brucellosis and
   undulant fever.
   [WordNet 1.5]