dengue

noun/ˈdɛŋɡi/

Frequency rank: #13,896 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A viral disease spread by mosquitoes, causing high fever, severe headache, and joint pain.

Illustration for the English word “dengue”

Example sentence

After traveling through tropical regions, she was diagnosed with dengue fever and had to rest for two weeks.

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