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单词 Oroya fever
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Definition of Oroya fever in English:

Oroya fever

noun əˌrɔɪə ˈfiːvəɒˌrɔɪə ˈfiːvə
Medicine
  • A severe, febrile haemolytic anaemia caused by acute infection with Bartonella bacilliformis, a bacterium endemic to Peru and Ecuador which is transmitted by sandflies and also causes chronic warty skin lesions (verruga peruana). Also called Carrion's disease.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1820–1885). From the name of LaOroya, a town in central Peru + fever.

Definition of Oroya fever in US English:

Oroya fever

noun
Medicine
  • A severe, febrile haemolytic anaemia caused by acute infection with Bartonella bacilliformis, a bacterium endemic to Peru and Ecuador which is transmitted by sandflies and also causes chronic warty skin lesions (verruga peruana). Also called Carrion's disease.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1820–1885). From the name of LaOroya, a town in central Peru + fever.

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