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Definition of Dengue
1. Noun. An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.
Definition of Dengue
1. n. 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.
Definition of Dengue
1. Noun. (pathology) An acute febrile disease of the tropics caused by a flavivirus, transmitted by mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain. ¹
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Definition of Dengue
1. a tropical disease [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dengue
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)
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