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breakbone fever

  [breyk-bohn]
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–noun Pathology.
dengue.
Origin:
1860–65; break + bone, so called because it makes the bones ache as if breaking at the joints
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break·bone fever   (brāk'bōn')   
n.  See dengue.
den·gue   (děng'gē, -gā)   
n.  An acute, infectious tropical disease caused by an arbovirus transmitted by mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain. Also called breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever.

[American Spanish, alteration (influenced by dengue, affectation) of Swahili -dinga.]
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Main Entry: break·bone fever
Pronunciation: "brAk-"bOn-
Function: noun
: DENGUE
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breakbone fever break·bone fever (brāk'bōn')
n.
See dengue.

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