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Yellow fever

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Noun
  1. 1
    An acute febrile illness of tropical regions, caused by a flavivirus (Yellow fever virus) and spread by certain mosquitoes, characterised by jaundice, black vomit and the absence of urination. uncountable

    "The town up the road was overcome by yellow fever, he said. All travelers warned away."

  2. 2
    caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito wordnet
  3. 3
    An attraction to ethnically East Asian men or women, expressed by non-East Asian (especially white European male or white American) people. figuratively, slang, uncountable

    "Your girl want me, we both know / Cause she got yellow fever"

  4. 4
    A lust for gold; an obsession with seeking gold ore. dated, figuratively, uncountable

    "He's got the yellow fever; Once get the sight of gold and you are poisoned."

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