A viral disease, endemic in the Mediterranean region, transmitted by the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi, and characterized by fever, malaise, headache, and eye pain typically lasting for three days; also called sandfly fever.
Origin
Early 20th century.
Definition of phlebotomus fever in US English:
phlebotomus fever
noun
Medicine Entomology
A viral disease, endemic in the Mediterranean region, transmitted by the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi, and characterized by fever, malaise, headache, and eye pain typically lasting for three days; also called sandfly fever.