BREAKBONE FEVER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints

Synonyms:

breakbone fever; dandy fever; dengue; dengue fever

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("breakbone fever" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

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