It's a erudite and very old way to call yellow fever. It would be his translation into Greek by 969; 967; 961; 959; 962; ( oochros "yellow" ) 960; 965; 961; ( pyr "fire, burning, fever" ). Also called black vomit, bad siam, bearded disease, American plague.
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