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Vietnamese time bomb

Vietnamese time bomb proper noun: the disease melioidosis.

Proper noun

the Vietnamese time bomb

  1. (slang) The disease melioidosis.

Origin of Vietnamese time bomb

So called because it may occur, with delayed onset, in people who have visited Vietnam.

Questions about Vietnamese time bomb

What does Vietnamese time bomb mean?
Vietnamese time bomb means the disease melioidosis.
What part of speech is Vietnamese time bomb?
Vietnamese time bomb is a proper noun.

Words near Vietnamese time bomb in the dictionary

  1. Vietnamese sandwich
  2. Vietnamese sandwiches
  3. Vietnamese spring roll
  4. Vietnamese spring rolls
  5. Vietnamese studies
  6. Vietnamese time bomb
  7. Vietnameseness
  8. Vietnamisation
  9. Vietnamisations
  10. Vietnamise
  11. Vietnamises

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