(n.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.

African lethargy Asiatic cholera Asiatic flu Chagres fever German measles Haverhill fever Hong Kong flu acute articular rheumatism acute bronchitis adenoiditis ague alkali disease aluminosis amebiasis amebic dysentery amygdalitis anthracosilicosis anthracosis anthrax asbestosis asthma atypical pneumonia bacillary dysentery bastard measles bituminosis black death black fever black lung blackwater fever breakbone fever bronchial pneumonia bronchiectasis bronchiolitis bronchitis bronchopneumonia brucellosis bubonic plague cachectic fever catarrh cerebral rheumatism chalicosis chicken pox cholera chronic bronchitis cold collapsed lung common cold coniosis coryza cowpox croup croupous pneumonia dandy fever deer fly fever dengue dengue fever diphtheria double pneumonia dry pleurisy dumdum fever dysentery elephantiasis emphysema empyema encephalitis lethargica enteric fever epidemic pleurodynia erysipelas famine fever fibrinous pneumonia five-day fever flu frambesia glandular fever grippe hansenosis hay fever hepatitis herpes herpes simplex herpes zoster histoplasmosis hookworm hydrophobia infantile paralysis infectious mononucleosis inflammatory rheumatism jail fever jungle rot kala azar kissing disease la grippe laryngitis lepra leprosy leptospirosis lipoid pneumonia loa loa loaiasis lobar pneumonia lockjaw lung cancer lung fever madness malaria malarial fever marsh fever measles meningitis milzbrand mumps ornithosis osteomyelitis paratyphoid fever parotitis parrot fever pertussis pharyngitis pleurisy pleuritis pneumococcal pneumonia pneumoconiosis pneumonia pneumonic fever pneumothorax polio poliomyelitis polyarthritis rheumatism ponos psittacosis quinsy rabbit fever rabies rat-bite fever relapsing fever rheum rheumatic fever rickettsialpox ringworm rubella rubeola scarlatina scarlet fever schistosomiasis septic sore throat shingles siderosis silicosis sleeping sickness sleepy sickness smallpox snail fever sore throat splenic fever spotted fever strep throat swamp fever swine flu tetanus the sniffles the snuffles thrush tinea tonsilitis trench fever trench mouth tuberculosis tularemia typhoid typhoid fever typhus typhus fever undulant fever vaccinia varicella variola venereal disease viral dysentery virus pneumonia wet pleurisy whooping cough yaws yellow fever yellow jack zona zoster