Wiktionary
mountain fever
n. (context pathology English) Rocky Mountain spotted fever
WordNet
mountain fever
n. caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks [syn: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tick fever]
Usage examples of "mountain fever".
It was just ground dried mountain fever rose in a little hot water.
Much later Leopol told him that Tisha had stayed by his bedside three nights while he burned of the mountain fever he had caught, compounding his illness by exposure on the cold slopes.