Jāil'-fē'ver, n.
(Med.) A dangerous and often fatal fever, of the typhoid character, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; — called also hospital-fever and ship-fever. Dunglison.
(Med.) A dangerous and often fatal fever, of the typhoid character, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; — called also hospital-fever and ship-fever. Dunglison.