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Oropouche fever

Oropouche fever noun: a tropical viral infection transmitted by biting midges and mosquitoes, causing fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, etc.

Noun

Oropouche fever (uncountable)

  1. A tropical viral infection transmitted by biting midges and mosquitoes, causing fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, etc.

Origin of Oropouche fever

It was first discovered and isolated by the Oropouche River in Trinidad and Tobago, in 1955.

Questions about Oropouche fever

What does Oropouche fever mean?
Oropouche fever means a tropical viral infection transmitted by biting midges and mosquitoes, causing fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, etc.
What part of speech is Oropouche fever?
Oropouche fever is a noun.

Words near Oropouche fever in the dictionary

  1. orophilic
  2. orophilous
  3. orophyte
  4. orophytes
  5. Oropom
  6. Oropouche fever
  7. Oroqen
  8. Oroqens
  9. Oroquieta
  10. ororotundity
  11. Oros

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