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Definition of Dandy fever
1. Noun. An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.
Medical Definition of Dandy fever
1. Tropical disease caused by a flavivirus (one of the arboviruses), transmitted by mosquitoes. A more serious complication is dengue shock syndrome, a haemorrhagic fever probably caused by an immune complex hypersensitivity after re exposure. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandy Fever
Literary usage of Dandy fever
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A treatise on the theory and practice of medicine by John Syer Bristowe (1880)
"Alcoholic stimulants are rarely necessary, excepting when there is tendency to
collapse. XIV. DENGUE. (dandy fever. ..."
2. The Theory and practice of medicine by Frederick Thomas Roberts (1884)
"DENGUE—dandy fever—BREAKBONE FEVER. ^ETIOLOGY.—Dengue is a peculiar epidemic
fever, which attacks a great number of people in rapid succession. ..."
3. A Treatise on diseases of the skin: With Special Reference to Their by McCall Anderson (1887)
"Whole duration of the disease much longer, and complications not un- frequent.
(A.) Dengue (dandy fever).—This fever—an excellent account of which is given ..."
4. Text-book of general and special pathology for students and practitioners by Henry Turner Brooks (1915)
"DENGUE, OR dandy fever. Mediterranean, or Malta, fever, ... or dandy fever.
Dengue is an infectious contagious disease, of unknown etiology, closely related ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1830)
"Farther, one of the most extraordinary characters of the " dandy fever" is the
... In short, considering the interest attached to the " dandy fever;" and as ..."
6. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"... the origin of which is somewhat uncertain, though it is supposed to be a
Spanish corruption of the word dandy ; the name of dandy fever having been ..."
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