HyperDic: breakbone_fever

English > 1 sense of the expression breakbone fever:
NOUNstatebreakbone fever, dengue, dengue fever, dandy feveran infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
English > breakbone fever: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.
Synonymsdengue, dengue fever, dandy fever
Broaderinfectious diseaseA disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
Spanishdengue
Catalandengue

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