dengue — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dengue noun A tropical viral illness spread by mosquitoes, causing high fever, rash, and severe joint pain.
Senses
dengue is used for these senses in English:
- dengue An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.
- dengue fever 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.