meaning of dengue
1. 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.
2. an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
Related Words
dengue | dengue fever |
