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dengue - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An acute, infectious tropical disease caused by a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A febrile epidemic disease, occurring especially in the West Indies and the southern United States, characterized by severe pain, particularly in the joints, and an eruption somewhat. resembling that of measles. The attack is violent but brief, and is seldom fatal. Also called dandy, dandy-fever, breakbone fever.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also
breakbone fever . It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology An acute
febrile disease of thetropics caused by aflavivirus , transmitted bymosquitoes , and characterized by high fever,rash ,headache , and severe muscle and joint pain.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[American Spanish, alteration (influenced by dengue, affectation) of Swahili -dinga.]
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Examples
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I mean cholera has been around forever, and dengue is among us.
Global Voices in English » Influenza A(H1N1) cases in Southeast Asia 2009
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Yes, Dave the Hemorrhagic dengue is on the increase now everywhere, and it can be deadly if not treated right away.
Mosquitoes in Maz' 2007
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Yes, Dave the Hemorrhagic dengue is on the increase now everywhere, and it can be deadly if not treated right away.
Mosquitoes in Maz' 2007
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Yes, Dave the Hemorrhagic dengue is on the increase now everywhere, and it can be deadly if not treated right away.
Mosquitoes in Maz' 2007
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Yes, Dave the Hemorrhagic dengue is on the increase now everywhere, and it can be deadly if not treated right away.
Mosquitoes in Maz' 2007
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Yes, Dave the Hemorrhagic dengue is on the increase now everywhere, and it can be deadly if not treated right away.
Mosquitoes in Maz' 2007
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Jonna says dengue is more common away from the beach.
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In english, dengue is called breakbone fever and it is very painful.
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To my observation, dengue is a fact of life ... in several parts of tropical Mexico.
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So I'm figuring inland from Cancun, Playa, Tulum etc. as little as a couple of miles where you don't get the wind and you're going to run the chance of dengue from the aegis egypti mosquito until the weather turns 'cold' which it hasn't just yet.
chained_bear commented on the word dengue
Usage on Machupo virus.
October 6, 2008