o'nyong-nyong
/əʊˈnjɒŋnjɒŋ/(also o'nyong nyong, onyongnyong) Pathology
noun
A non-fatal viral disease occurring in East Africa, caused by an alphavirus transmitted by anopheles mosquitoes, and characterized by fever, lymphadenopathy, joint pains, and rash.
- The disease was first recorded in 1959, in Uganda..
Origin
1960s. Origin uncertain. Apparently from Acholi ɔ̀nyɔ̀ŋ-nyɔŋ.
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