"cabin fever" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cabin fever.wav
Etymology: In the current sense coined or popularized in a novel of the same name in 1918. See cite below. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cabin fever (uncountable)
  1. (psychology) A condition of restlessness and irritability caused by being in a confined space. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology, Bacterial diseases Translations (psychological condition): ponorková nemoc [feminine] (Czech), ponorka [feminine] (Czech), mökkihöperyys (Finnish), claustrophobie [feminine] (French), Lagerkoller [masculine] (German), inniveiki (Icelandic), brakkesyke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brakkesjuke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brakkesjuke [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), кабинная лихорадка (kabinnaja lixoradka) (Russian), claustrofobia [feminine] (Spanish), buryong (Tagalog), clefyd caban [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (obsolete) Typhus. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cabin_fever-en-noun-WXbyxMuf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cabin-fevered Related terms: log cabin, claustrophobia, stir-crazy
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