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- noun pathology An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the
tropics , caused by any of four species of the virusgenus Flavivirus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.
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- noun an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
Etymologies
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Via Spanish, a corruption of Swahili ki denga pepo, meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit".
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