Dengue

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(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.

Noun

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dengue - an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints Synonyms: breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever

breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever, infectious disease