yellow jack
n.
yellow fever, untreatable tropical disease that is transmitted by mosquito stings; yellow flag; quarantine flag; silver and yellow food fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Yellow jack
Yellow Jack (play and film)
Yellow Jack is a 1934 play and a
1938 Hollywood movie, both co-written by
Sidney Howard and
Paul de Kruif (the former a
Pulitzer- and
Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter; the latter a well-known
microbiologist and
author). The plot line followed the true story of the famous "Walter Reed Boards" in which Major
Walter Reed of the U.S. Army heroically pursued the conquest of
yellow fever (called “yellow jack”) in Cuba in 1898-1900. The play and screenplay were adapted for television by Celanese Theatre (1952) and Producers' Showcase (1955), in episodes both again titled “Yellow Jack”.
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yellow jack
Noun
1. caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
(synonym) yellow fever, black vomit
(hypernym) infectious disease
2. yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine
(hypernym) flag
3. fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
(synonym) Caranx bartholomaei
(hypernym) jack
yellow jack
YELLOW JACK
BANDIERA GIALLA. BANDIERA DI QUARANTENA. FEBBRE GIALLA