Ague: Malarial or intermittent fever characterized by paroxysms (stages of chills, fever, and sweating at regularly recurring times) and followed by an interval or intermission of varying duration. Popularly, the disease was known as 'fever and ague,' 'chill fever,' 'the shakes,' and by names expressive of the locality in which it was prevalent--such as, 'swamp fever' (in Louisiana), 'Panama fever,' and 'Chagres fever.'

 

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