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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An infectious tropical disease caused by a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes of the genera Aedes, especially A. aegypti, and Haemagogus and characterized by high fever, jaundice, and often gastrointestinal hemorrhaging.
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- noun pathology An acute
febrile illness of tropical regions, caused by aflavivirus and spread bymosquitoes , characterised byjaundice , black vomit and the absence ofurination . - noun slang A term used to describe the
attraction of a person of non-East Asiandescent towards people of East Asian descent.
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- noun caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
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bilby commented on the word yellow fever
Nigerian English - 1. Traffic warden with bright orange khaki shirts. 2. Lady who bleaches skin lighter. (derogatory).
September 17, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yellow fever
"Yellow fever answered to many different names, including yellow jack, coup de barre (blow of the rod), vomito negro (black vomit), the saffron scourge and the American plague."
—Molly Caldwell Crosby, The American Plague (New York: Berkeley Books, 2006), 38
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October 5, 2008