dengue

  • 41dengue fever — UK [ˌdeŋɡɪ ˈfiːvə(r)] / US [ˌdeŋɡɪ ˈfɪvər] noun [uncountable] medical a very serious illness that you get if a mosquito infected with a particular virus bites you. Dengue fever causes fever, headaches, and pain in the joints …

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  • 42DENGUE —    a disease peculiar to the tropics, occurs in hot weather, and attacks one suddenly with high fever and violent pains, and after a relapse returns in a milder form and leaves the patient very weak …

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  • 43dengue — den|gue Mot Pla Nom masculí …

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  • 44dengue — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary a mosquito borne viral illness; usually accompanied by high fever) …

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  • 45dengue — sustantivo masculino melindre*, remilgo, ñoñez, ñoñería. * * * Sinónimos: ■ melindre, remilgo, afectación, mojigatería, carantoña …

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  • 46dengue — n. infectious disease characterized by a high fever and pain in the muscles and joints (occurs in tropic regions such as India, Egypt, and the West Indies) …

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  • 47dengue — n. [Sp.] Break bone fever, dandy fever …

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  • 48dengue — den·gue …

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  • 49dengue — den•gue [[t]ˈdɛŋ geɪ, gi[/t]] n. pat an infectious, eruptive fever of warm climates, usu. epidemic, caused by a togavirus and characterized esp. by severe pains in the joints and muscles. Also called den′gue fe ver • Etymology: 1820–30, amer.;… …

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  • 50dengue — /ˈdɛŋgi/ (say denggee) noun an infectious, eruptive, usually epidemic, fever of warm climates, characterised especially by severe pains in the joints and muscles, and caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes; breakbone fever. {West Indian… …