dengue fever en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvɚ/ (US)
- /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvə/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˈdɛŋɡiː ˈfiːvɚ/ (US)
Etymology
Via Spanish, a corruption of Swahili ki denga pepo, meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit".
Meanings
- (uncountable) An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.
Synonyms
Translations (33)
id dengue (disease) · it dengue (disease) · fi denguekuume (disease) · es dengue (disease) · km គ្រុនឈាម (disease) · pt dengue (disease) · el δάγκειος πυρετός (disease) · sv denguefeber (disease) · id demam berdarah Dengue (disease) · cmn 骨痛熱症 /骨痛热症 (disease) · lo ໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (disease) · hu dengue-láz (disease) · lo ພະຍາດໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (disease) · haw dengue mai kuni (disease) · nan-hbl 天狗熱 /天狗热 (disease) · lv denge (disease) · ja デング熱 (disease) · he קַדַּחַת דָּנגִי (disease) · th ไข้เลือดออก (disease) · nl dengue (disease) · ru лихора́дка де́нге (disease) · yi דענג היץ (disease) · ko 뎅기열 (disease) · cmn 登革熱 /登革热 (disease) · id DBD (disease) · fr dengue (disease) · de Denguefieber (disease) · hak 天狗熱 /天狗热 (disease) · pl denga (disease) · yue 登革熱 /登革热 (disease) · ht lafyèv deng (disease) · kk денге қызбасы (disease) · ga deinge (disease)