Breakbone fever

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    dengue fever. uncountable
  2. 2
    an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
agueanthraxblack deathcholeradandy feverdengue

Etymology

Coinage attributed to Benjamin Rush because of the symptoms of myalgia and arthralgia.

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