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/ˈdɛŋ.ɡi/ · noun
An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain..
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Dengue means An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain..
Common synonyms include breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use dengue where its definition matches the intended context.
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