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dengue fever

Noun CEFR B2
ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvə

Definitions

An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

uncountable

Equivalents

Españoldengue
Françaisdengue
DeutschDenguefieber
13 more languages
Ελληνικάδάγκειος πυρετός
Suomidenguekuume
Bahasa IndonesiaDBDdengue
Italianodengue
日本語デング熱
ភាសាខ្មែរគ្រុនឈាម
한국어뎅기열
Nederlandsdengue
Polskidenga
Portuguêsdengue
Русскийлихора́дка де́нге
Svenskabenbrytarfeberdenguefeber
ไทยไข้เลือดออก

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dengue shock syndrome Dengzhou Denham Denham Court Denhams Beach Denhardt

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