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Definition of: dengue
(deng′gē, -gā) noun Pathol.
An acute, tropical, frequently epidemic virus disease transmitted by the bite of the mosquito Aëdes aegypti and characterized by fever, eruptions, and severe pains in the joints: also known as breakbone fever. [<Sp., ult. <Swahili]
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