breakbone fever

breakbone fever
/brayk"bohn'/, Pathol.
dengue.
[1860-65; BREAK + BONE, so called because it makes the bones ache as if breaking at the joints]

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  • breakbone fever — ☆ breakbone fever [brāk′bōn΄ ] n. DENGUE …   English World dictionary

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  • breakbone fever — noun an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints • Syn: ↑dengue, ↑dengue fever, ↑dandy fever • Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease …   Useful english dictionary

  • breakbone fever — noun dengue fever …   Wiktionary

  • breakbone fever — n. infectious disease characterized by a high fever and pain in the muscles and joints (occurs in tropic regions such as India, Egypt, and the West Indies), dengue …   English contemporary dictionary

  • breakbone fever — noun Date: 1855 dengue …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • breakbone fever — see dengue …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • breakbone fever — break′bone fe ver [[t]ˈbreɪkˌboʊn[/t]] n. pat dengue • Etymology: 1860–65 …   From formal English to slang

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