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Definition of Jungle fever
1. Noun. Severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions.
Definition of Jungle fever
1. Noun. (medicine) Any of several tropical diseases, but especially malaria ¹
2. Noun. (slang racist offensive) A term used to describe the attraction of a person of non-African descent towards people of African descent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Jungle fever
1. In humans, the set of diseases caused by infection by the protozoans Plasmodium vivax causing the tertian type, P. Malariae the quartan type and P. Falciparum the quotidian or irregular type of disease, the names referring to the frequency of fevers. The fevers occur when the merozoites are released from the erythrocytes. The organisms are transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jungle Fever
Literary usage of Jungle fever
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"The Eucalyptus as a Preventive against Yellow and jungle fever, and Efforts for
its Introduction into India.—Experience of English Tree- growers in Raising ..."
2. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Samuel White Baker (1855)
"jungle fever. — NEWERA ELLIA.—ENERGY OF SIR E. BARNES INFLUENCE OF THE GOVERNOR.
— PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS. IT was in the year that the spirit of wandering ..."
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