dictionary help| zinc fume fever --> brass founder's fever | medical dictionary |
An occupational disease, characterised by malaria-like symptoms, due to inhalation of particles and fumes of metallic oxides. Fumes are formed by evaporation at very high temperature and condensation in air into fine particles.
Synonyms: brass founder's ague, foundryman's fever, metal fume fever, zinc fume fever.
(05 Mar 2000)
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