viral haemorrhagic fever

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   a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage

   Synonymshemorrhagic feverhaemorrhagic feverviral hemorrhagic feverVHF

   Broaderviral infection

   NarrowerArgentine hemorrhagic feverEbola hemorrhagic feverLassa feverCrimea-Congo hemorrhagic feverRift Valley feverMarburg disease

Questions about viral haemorrhagic fever

What does viral haemorrhagic fever mean?

viral haemorrhagic fever means "a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage".

What is another word for viral haemorrhagic fever?

Close synonyms include hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, VHF. 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.

Is viral haemorrhagic fever a common word?

viral haemorrhagic fever is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.