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famine (medicine)


famine
General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. "Worn with famine." "There was a famine in the land." (Gen. Xxvi.

<medicine> 1) Famine fever, typhus fever.

Origin: F. Famine, fr. L. Fames hunger; cf. Gr. Want, need, Skr. Hani loss, lack, ha to leave.

Source: Websters Dictionary