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.
- arthrodire
- arthrodium
- arthrodynia
- arthrogram
- arthrography
- arthrogryposis
- arthrologia
- arthrology
- arthrometer
- arthrometry
- arthropathic
- arthropathy
- arthroplastic
- arthroplasty
- arthropod
- Arthropoda
- arthropodal
- arthropodan
- arthropod-borne
- arthropodin
- arthropodisation
- arthropodization
- arthropodology
- arthropodous
- arthroscope