valley fever

Questions about valley fever

What is another word for valley fever?

It depends which valley fever you mean. In the sense “an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules”, the synonyms are coccidioidomycosis, coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of valley fever?

WordNet records no antonym for valley fever. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for valley fever come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of valley fever

• Full entry for valley feverAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for valley feverWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.