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Definition of: yellow fever
Pathol.
An acute, infectious intestinal disease of tropical and semitropical regions, caused by a filtrable virus transmitted by the bite of a mosquito (genus Aëdes). It is characterized by hemorrhages, jaundice, vomiting, and fatty degeneration of the liver. Also yellow jack.
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