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Valley Fever

Definition: Valley Fever

Valley Fever

Noun

1. An infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Valley Fever

Synonyms: coccidioidomycosis (n), coccidiomycosis (n), desert rheumatism (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Valley Fever

English words defined with "valley fever": Rift Valley fever. (references)
Specialty definitions using "valley fever": Rift Valley Fever Virus. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Valley Fever

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References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Rift Valley Fever (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Rift Valley fever : an emerging human and animal problem (reference)

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Rift Valley Fever (reference)

  • Rift Valley Fever (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Valley Fever

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Health

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute, fever-causing viral disease that affects domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and camels) and humans. (references)

Political Economy

Somalia

A livestock ban, lifted in 2000, was reinstituted by Saudi Arabia because of fears of Rift Valley fever and reportedly because of Saudi political considerations. (references)

Travel

Egypt

There is a low risk of exposure to exotic diseases in Egypt such as Rift Valley Fever (RVF). RVF, which flares up in parts of the country from time to time, is a mosquito-borne disease of domestic animals that can infect humans. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Valley Fever

Expressions using "valley fever": Rift Valley fever Rift Valley Fever Virus. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Valley Fever

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

valley fever

328

rift valley fever

15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Valley Fever

Language Translations for "valley fever"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Rift Valley fever (enzootic hepatitis, Rift Valley fever). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Rift Valley fever (Rift Valley fever). (various references)

   

French

  

fièvre de la vallée du Rift (Rift Valley fever). (various references)

   

German

  

Rifttal-Fieber (Rift Valley fever). (various references)

   

Italian

  

febbre della Rift valley (Rift Valley fever). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alleyvay everfay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

febre do Vale do Rift (Rift Valley fever). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fiebre del Valle del Rift (Rift Valley fever). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Valley Fever

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-f-l-l-r-v-v-y"

-4 letters: leveler, ravelly.

-5 letters: faller, feeler, feller, flayer, freely, laveer, leaver, rallye, really, refall, refeel, refell, releve, reveal, valley, vealer, yeller.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Valley Fever


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 61 6C 6C 65 79      46 65 76 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01100001 01101100 01101100 01100101 01111001 00100000 01000110 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#97 &#108 &#108 &#101 &#121 &#32 &#70 &#101 &#118 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0061 006C 006C 0065 0079      0046 0065 0076 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

56677878719124071887184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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