1. (n.) An illness transmitted by a mosquito, characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating\.

2. (n.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals.

African lethargy Asiatic cholera Chagres fever German measles Haverhill fever acute articular rheumatism afterdamp ague alkali disease amebiasis amebic dysentery anthrax bacillary dysentery bastard measles black death black fever blackdamp blackwater fever breakbone fever breath brucellosis bubonic plague cachectic fever cerebral rheumatism chicken pox chokedamp cholera cloud coal gas cowpox damp dandy fever deer fly fever dengue dengue fever diphtheria dumdum fever dysentery effluvium elephantiasis encephalitis lethargica enteric fever erysipelas exhalation exhaust exhaust gas famine fever fetid air firedamp five-day fever flatus flu fluid frambesia fume glandular fever grippe hansenosis hepatitis herpes herpes simplex herpes zoster histoplasmosis hookworm hydrophobia infantile paralysis infectious mononucleosis inflammatory rheumatism influenza jail fever jungle rot kala azar kissing disease lepra leprosy leptospirosis loa loa loaiasis lockjaw madness malarial fever marsh fever measles meningitis mephitis miasma milzbrand mumps ornithosis osteomyelitis paratyphoid fever parotitis parrot fever pertussis pneumonia polio poliomyelitis polyarthritis rheumatism ponos psittacosis puff of smoke rabbit fever rabies rat-bite fever reek relapsing fever rheumatic fever rickettsialpox ringworm rubella rubeola scarlatina scarlet fever schistosomiasis septic sore throat shingles sleeping sickness sleepy sickness smallpox smoke smudge snail fever splenic fever spotted fever steam strep throat swamp fever tetanus thrush tinea trench fever trench mouth tuberculosis tularemia typhoid typhoid fever typhus typhus fever undulant fever vaccinia vapor varicella variola venereal disease viral dysentery volatile water vapor whooping cough yaws yellow fever yellow jack zona zoster