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VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does viral haemorrhagic fever mean? 

VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER (noun)
  The noun VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

haemorrhagic fever; hemorrhagic fever; VHF; viral haemorrhagic fever; viral hemorrhagic fever

Hypernyms ("viral haemorrhagic fever" is a kind of...):

viral infection; virus infection (infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "viral haemorrhagic fever"):

Argentine hemorrhagic fever (hemorrhagic fever with neurological signs; caused by the Junin virus)

Ebola; Ebola fever; Ebola hemorrhagic fever (a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa)

Lassa fever (an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon)

Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever (an infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep)

Rift Valley fever (an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals)

green monkey disease; Marburg disease; Marburg hemorrhagic fever (a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness)


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