Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bulam fever

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bu-lam fever
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Authors have in general supposed the Bulam Fever to be only a higher grade of the Bilious Remittent, as this last is of the Intermittent; and the following eight points have been enumerated by Dr. Pinckard as a proof of their identity; to which eight points I beg to make the following replies."
"The President and one member (Mr. Pilleau) consider, that one attack of yellow or Bulam fever does give immunity from a second attack, except in rare instances."
"Dr. Chisholm, the father of the Bulam fever, uses the following language […]"

Etymology

The disease was believed to have spread through contagion from a ship, the Hankey, that came from Bolama (then Bulam) in what is now Guinea-Bissau.

Usage

Questions

What does bulam fever mean?: yellow fever
Where does bulam fever come from?: The disease was believed to have spread through contagion from a ship, the Hankey, that came from Bolama (then Bulam) in what is now Guinea-Bissau.

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