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breakbone fever
break·bone fever B0465600 (brāk′bōn′)n. See dengue.breakbone fever (ˈbreɪkˌbəʊn) n (Pathology) another name for dengueden•gue (ˈdɛŋ geɪ, -gi)
n. an infectious, eruptive fever of warm climates, usu. epidemic, caused by a togavirus and characterized esp. by severe pains in the joints and muscles. Also called den′gue fe`ver. [1820–30, Amer.; < American Spanish] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | breakbone fever - an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and jointsdandy fever, dengue, dengue feverinfectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact |
breakbone fever
breakbone fever: see dengue feverdengue fever
, acute infectious disease caused by four closely related viruses and transmitted by the bite of the female Aedes mosquito; it is also known as breakbone fever and bone-crusher disease.
..... Click the link for more information. .breakbone fever[′brāk‚bōn ‚fē·vər] (medicine) dengue breakbone fever
den·gue (den'gā), A disease of many tropic and subtropic regions that can occur epidemically; caused by dengue virus, a member of the family Flaviviridae. There are four antigenic types, and they are transmitted by a mosquito of the genus Aedes (usually A. aegypti, but frequently A. albopictus). Four grades of severity are recognized: grade I, fever and constitutional symptoms; grade II, grade I with spontaneous bleeding (of skin, gums, or gastrointestinal tract); grade III, grade II with agitation and circulatory failure; grade IV, profound shock. Synonym(s): Aden fever, bouquet fever, breakbone fever, dandy fever, date fever, dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever, exanthesis arthrosia, polka fever, scarlatina rheumatica, solar fever (1) [Sp. corruption of "dandy" fever] breakbone fever (brāk′bōn′)n. See dengue.Patient discussion about breakbone feverQ. What are the symptoms of dengue fever? Can you die from dengue fever? Can it be cured without anything like normal cough? How long till someone dies from being infected? A. Try this site: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dengue/
However, unless the person has recently been in South or Central America or other parts of the world where it's endemic, they're not likely to have been exposed. There is very little of it here in this country. It’s carried with mosquito’s that not to be found in the U.S as far as I know anyway…
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Related to breakbone fever: Chikungunya, dropsy, Van de Graaff generatorSynonyms for breakbone fevernoun an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and jointsSynonyms- dandy fever
- dengue
- dengue fever
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