Lassa fever

[ lah-suh ]

/ ˈlɑ sə /

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noun Pathology.

a highly contagious viral disease, largely confined to central West Africa, characterized by fever, difficulty in swallowing, and inflammation of the pharynx, often progressing to infect the lungs, heart, and kidneys, leading to death.

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Origin of Lassa fever

First recorded in 1965–70; after Lassa, Nigeria, village where it was first identified

Words nearby Lassa fever

Lasky, Las Palmas, La Spezia, lass, Lassa, Lassa fever, Lassalle, Lassa virus, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lassi

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How to use Lassa fever in a sentence

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Day by day these fretting anxieties and perplexities wasted her strength, and her fever grew higher and higher.
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When Stanhope entered to him, he found his guest lying on a sofa, in a high state of fever, both from his wounds and agitation.
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If the fever ends by crisis, the crisis is accompanied by a rapid and striking increase.
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The spirillum of relapsing fever can be identified by the method for the malarial parasite in fresh blood.
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British Dictionary definitions for Lassa fever

Lassa fever

noun

a serious viral disease of Central West Africa, characterized by high fever and muscular pains

Word Origin for Lassa fever

named after Lassa, the village in Nigeria where it was first identified

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Medical definitions for Lassa fever

Lassa fever

[ lä′sə lăs′ə ]

A highly fatal form of epidemic hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus and characterized by high fever, sore throat, severe muscle aches, skin rash with hemorrhages, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea.Lassa hemorrhagic fever