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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An epidemic encephalitis or encephalomyelitis of Japan, Siberia, and other parts of Asia, caused by a mosquito-borne flavivirus.
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- noun pathology A
virus prevalent in south-east Asia, transmitted bymosquito .
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