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Meanings of breakbone fever in English

Portuguese
dengue
Catalan
dengue
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An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.

        dengue
        Usage of breakbone fever in English
        1
        It's terrible to watch, breakbone fever.
        To the blight: the eye of the world
        2
        DENGUE - Another mosquito-borne disease, dengue causes severe headache and muscle and joint pains, hence the nicknames breakbone fever or bone-crusher disease.
        Reuters
        3
        "She had breakbone fever." She kept her head down and spoke to the ground.
        To the blight: the eye of the world
        Translations for breakbone fever
        Portuguese
        dengue
        Catalan
        dengue