HyperDic: lassa_fever

English > 1 sense of the expression Lassa fever:
NOUNstateLassa feveran acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa
English > Lassa fever: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon.
Broaderhemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHFA group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area)

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