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Zika disease

Zika disease proper noun: a disease of humans, transmitted by mosquitoes, caused by the Zika virus, with symptoms similar to dengue fever and many other diseases, that also apparently causes microcephaly in the newborns of infected mothers.

zika disease: a disease of humans, transmitted by mosquitoes, caused by the Zika virus, with symptoms similar to...
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Proper noun

Zika disease

  1. A disease of humans, transmitted by mosquitoes, caused by the Zika virus, with symptoms similar to dengue fever and many other diseases, that also apparently causes microcephaly in the newborns of infected mothers.
    Synonyms:
    Zika fever

Synonyms of Zika disease

Origin of Zika disease

From Zika Forest, where the virus was discovered at a mosquito research facility of the Uganda Virus Research Institute.

Questions about Zika disease

What does Zika disease mean?
Zika disease means a disease of humans, transmitted by mosquitoes, caused by the Zika virus, with symptoms similar to dengue fever and many other diseases, that also apparently causes microcephaly in the newborns of infected mothers.
What part of speech is Zika disease?
Zika disease is a proper noun.

Words near Zika disease in the dictionary

  1. zIIPs
  2. zij
  3. zijes
  4. Zijinshan
  5. zika
  6. Zika disease
  7. Zika fever
  8. Zika Forest
  9. Zika virus
  10. Zikas
  11. zikat

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