dengue fever
An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by…An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.
» The trip wasn't all good. I got food poisoning and my classmate got dengue fever.
morgyn · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(uncountable)An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.
Denguefieber
лихора́дка де́нгеlixorádka dɛ́ngɛ
- an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
Examples
2 sentencesThe trip wasn't all good. I got food poisoning and my classmate got dengue fever.
His rash is due to Dengue fever.
Translations
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Origin
Via Spanish, a corruption of Swahili ki denga pepo, meaning "cramp-like seizure caused byVia Spanish, a corruption of Swahili ki denga pepo, meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit".
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints:denguedandy feverbreakbone fever
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable