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Lassa fever

Lassa fever noun: an acute, and often fatal, viral infection endemic to West Africa. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, muscle aches, a skin rash, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, ulcers, heart and kidney failure.

Noun

Lassa fever (uncountable)

  1. An acute, and often fatal, viral infection endemic to West Africa. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, muscle aches, a skin rash, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, ulcers, heart and kidney failure.
    • When he showed up in A & E with a cough and chest pain later that evening, the doctor on call suspected Lassa fever and asked that he be transferred to Ifẹ̀ for isolation.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 243
    Synonyms:
    Lassa hemorrhagic fever, Lassa haemorrhagic fever

Synonyms of Lassa fever

  • Lassa hemorrhagic fever
  • Lassa haemorrhagic fever

Forms of Lassa fever

alternative formLhasa fever

Questions about Lassa fever

What does Lassa fever mean?
Lassa fever means an acute, and often fatal, viral infection endemic to West Africa. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, muscle aches, a skin rash, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, ulcers, heart and kidney failure.
What part of speech is Lassa fever?
Lassa fever is a noun.

Words near Lassa fever in the dictionary

  1. lasprings
  2. lasque
  3. lasques
  4. lass
  5. Lassa
  6. Lassa fever
  7. Lassa virus
  8. Lassa viruses
  9. Lassalle
  10. Lassallean
  11. Lassalles

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