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Noun: dengue fever  'deng-gey'fee-vu(r)
  1. An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
    - dengue, dandy fever, breakbone fever

Derived forms: dengue fevers

Type of: infectious disease

Encyclopedia: Dengue fever