n :  an acute infectious disease caused by an arbovirus transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes and characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash - called also breakbone fever , dandy fever , dengue fever  .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  DNOC  tongue   tonic  Tun·ga 
 
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