dengue
noun
den·gue ˈdeŋ-gē 
-ˌgā
: an acute infectious disease caused by a flavivirus (species Dengue virus of the genus Flavivirus), transmitted by aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash
called also breakbone fever, dengue fever
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Other examples are events that bring pathogens closer to humans, in which warming increases in areas over which organisms that transmit diseases, such as Lyme disease, dengue and malaria, are active. 
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2022 With up to 110 trillion mosquitoes on the planet, the insects can carry lethal diseases like malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus and Zika virus. Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022 Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, an invasive species that can carry an array of harmful diseases, including yellow fever, dengue fever and Zika. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022 The spread of dengue, in particular, is a threat, with about half the world’s population at risk and hundreds of millions of cases each year. Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 July 2022 The new study discovered a previously unknown step in the spread of Zika and dengue. Sarah Sloat, NBC News, 1 July 2022 Twenty chemical compounds differed between the mice infected with Zika or dengue compared to the uninfected mice. Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2022 In 2019, the world recorded a record 5.2 million cases of dengue, according to the WHO, and outbreaks across Asia that year killed thousands. Heather Chen, CNN, 6 June 2022 Following a nasty bout with dengue, hair began falling out. Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022 See More
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2022 With up to 110 trillion mosquitoes on the planet, the insects can carry lethal diseases like malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus and Zika virus. Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022 Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, an invasive species that can carry an array of harmful diseases, including yellow fever, dengue fever and Zika. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022 The spread of dengue, in particular, is a threat, with about half the world’s population at risk and hundreds of millions of cases each year. Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 July 2022 The new study discovered a previously unknown step in the spread of Zika and dengue. Sarah Sloat, NBC News, 1 July 2022 Twenty chemical compounds differed between the mice infected with Zika or dengue compared to the uninfected mice. Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2022 In 2019, the world recorded a record 5.2 million cases of dengue, according to the WHO, and outbreaks across Asia that year killed thousands. Heather Chen, CNN, 6 June 2022 Following a nasty bout with dengue, hair began falling out. Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
American Spanish
First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
dengue
noun
den·gue ˈdeŋ-gē -ˌgā
-ˌgā : an acute infectious disease that is characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash and that is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Flavivirus (species Dengue virus) transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes
called also breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever