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DENGUE FEVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
Synonyms:
breakbone fever; dandy fever; dengue; dengue fever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dengue fever" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)