dengue

[ deng-gey, -gee ]

/ ˈdɛŋ geɪ, -gi /

noun Pathology.

an infectious, eruptive fever of warm climates, usually epidemic, characterized especially by severe pains in the joints and muscles.

Nearby words

Origin of dengue

1820–30, Americanism; < American Spanish

Also called dengue fever.

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Examples from the Web for dengue

Vosshall compares mosquito research, and research on malaria and dengue fever that they carry, to research on HIV/AIDS.
Mosquitoes Love Some People More and Science Wants to Know Why|Josh Dzieza|August 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Eight of the students had to be evacuated out of the country when they contracted diseases such as dengue fever and malaria.
7 Student Travel Nightmares|Constantino Diaz-Duran|May 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
More than one dengue infection appears to increase the risk of DHF.
8 Diseases Scarier Than Swine Flu|Barbara Kantrowitz|October 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Another mosquito-borne infection, dengue is found primarily in urban and rural tropical and subtropical regions.
8 Diseases Scarier Than Swine Flu|Barbara Kantrowitz|October 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST

DHF is a potentially fatal complication of dengue that was first recognized about 60 years ago.
8 Diseases Scarier Than Swine Flu|Barbara Kantrowitz|October 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Dr. Dengue has been seen driving through the streets like a madman, in his haste to get to me.
Pencil Sketches|Eliza Leslie
In the same year a considerable number of cases of dengue were observed in New Orleans.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
Dengue fever germs will develop in the mosquito called Culex and in Anopheles.
Manual of Military Training|James A. Moss
After a while I heard that he was looking bad, yellow as a lemon and the dengue cracking at his bones.
Caybigan|James Hopper
They warned me about dengue fever; they extolled the virtues of the Fijian maidens, and exaggerated the vices of the Fijian men.
The Pacific Triangle|Sydney Greenbie

British Dictionary definitions for dengue

dengue

dandy (ˈdændɪ)

/ (ˈdɛŋɡɪ) /

noun

an acute viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, characterized by headache, fever, pains in the joints, and skin rashAlso called: breakbone fever

Word Origin for dengue

C19: from Spanish, probably of African origin; compare Swahili kidinga

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Word Origin and History for dengue

dengue

1828, from West Indian Spanish dengue, from an African source, perhaps Swahili dinga "seizure, cramp," form influenced by Spanish dengue "prudery" (perhaps because sufferers walk stiffly and erect due to painful joints). The disease is African, introduced to the West Indies 1827.

Medicine definitions for dengue

dengue

[ dĕng′gē, -gā ]

n.

An acute, infectious tropical disease caused by an arbovirus transmitted by mosquitoes, characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.breakbone fever dandy fever

Science definitions for dengue

dengue

[ dĕng′gē, -gā ]

An acute, infectious tropical disease caused by any of several viruses of the genus Flavivirus. It is transmitted by mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.