See Also: Fever, Q(health)
fever(dictionary)
seven-day fever(medicine)
Q Fever(health)
Hay fever(health)
Five-day fever(health)
Fever(health)
red fever(medicine)
Fever(medicine)
Pym's fever(medicine)

sent (iou) and fever, q (medicine)


sent (iou)



sent noun2. M20.
[Respelling of CENT noun1.]
A monetary unit of Estonia, equal to one-hundredth of a kroon.

fever, q (medicine)


fever, q


An acute (abrupt-onset), self-limited febrile illness first reported in 1935 in Queensland, Australia. The Q is said not to be for Queensland, but for Query since the cause of the disease was long a query (question mark). It is now known to be due to Coxiella burnetii, a rickettsia (a peculiar group of bacteria). Aside from sudden onset of fever, there is headache, malaise, and pneumonia (interstitial pneumonitis) but no rash.