(medicine) A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever.

(Australia, slang, obsolete, derogatory) Any illness feigned by convicts to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.

(medicine) An acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (now Bartonella quintana) and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, that affected very many soldiers during World War I.

(pathology) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.

(pathology) Coccidioidomycosis, a mammalian fungal disease caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii.

(pathology) dengue fever.

An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

(dated, nautical) the excitement on board ship as she approaches her destination with the prospect of liberty ashore.

(medicine) An inflammation of the joints and the heart following a respiratory infection with streptococcus.

A severe inflammation of the lungs of cattle, caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella, sometimes seen following the stress of transport to market under poor conditions.