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hemorrhagic fever

noun Pathology.

any of several arbovirus infections, as dengue, characterized by fever, chills, and malaise followed by hemorrhages of capillaries, sometimes leading to kidney failure and death.

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Words nearby hemorrhagic fever

hemorrhagic ascites, hemorrhagic colitis, hemorrhagic cyst, hemorrhagic disease of newborn, hemorrhagic endovasculitis, hemorrhagic fever, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, hemorrhagic infarct, hemorrhagic measles, hemorrhagic plague, hemorrhagic rickets
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Medical definitions for hemorrhagic fever

hemorrhagic fever

n.

A syndrome that occurs in perhaps 20 percent to 40 percent of infections by certain arboviruses and is marked by high fever, scattered petechiae, bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract and other organs, hypotension, and shock.
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Scientific definitions for hemorrhagic fever

hemorrhagic fever
[ hĕm′ə-răj′ĭk ]

Any of a group of viral infections, including dengue, Ebola virus infection and yellow fever, that occur primarily in tropical climates, are usually transmitted to humans by arthropods or rodents, and are characterized by high fever, internal bleeding, hypotension, and eventual shock.
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