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Dengue feverDengue fever.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Dengue fever.
More definitions
- an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
Origin
Coinage attributed to Benjamin Rush because of the symptoms of myalgia and arthralgia.Coinage attributed to Benjamin Rush because of the symptoms of myalgia and arthralgia.
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints:denguedengue feverdandy fever
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable