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1. (n.) yellow fever
an acute, often fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates, caused by a togavirus transmitted by a mosquito, esp. Aedes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice.
Etymology: (1730–40)
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1. (noun) yellow jack, yellow fever, black vomit
caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
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1. yellow fever
An acute infectious disease primarily of the tropics, caused by a virus and transmitted to man by mosquitoes of the genera Aedes and Haemagogus.
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