breakbone fever

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   an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints

   Synonymsdenguedengue feverdandy fever

   Broaderinfectious disease

Questions about breakbone fever

What does breakbone fever mean?

breakbone fever means "an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints".

What is another word for breakbone fever?

Close synonyms include dengue, dengue fever, dandy fever. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.