Lassa fever
English
Noun
Lassa fever (uncountable)
- (medicine) 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.
Synonyms
- (CDN, US) Lassa hemorrhagic fever)
- (UK) Lassa haemorrhagic fever
Hypernyms
- fever
Hypernyms
- fever
Translations
Lassa fever
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