See Also: dengue(encyclopedia)
dengue(dictionary)
dengue(medicine)
Fever, dengue(health)
Dengue fever(health)
dengue virus(medicine)
Dengue fever(medicine)
DHF (dengue hemorrhagic fever)(health)
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)(health)
Dengue shock syndrome(health)

dengue (iou)



dengue noun. . E19.
[W. Indian Spanish, from Kiswahili denga, dinga (in full kidingapopo), identified with Spanish dengue fastidiousness, prudery, with ref. to the stiffness of the neck and shoulders caused by the disease.]
A debilitating tropical viral disease which is transmitted to man by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, and is characterized by an eruptive fever and severe pain esp. in the joints and muscles. Also dengue-fever.