chikungunya
English
Rash on the foot of a person with chikungunya
Etymology
Borrowed from Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”), apparently referring to the arthritic effects of the disease.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃɪkʊŋˈɡʊnjə/, /ˌtʃɪkənˈɡʌnjə/
Noun
chikungunya (uncountable)
- A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites.
- 2007, Didier Fontenille, Anna Bella Failloux, Roberto Romi, Should we expect Chikungunya and Dengue in Southern Europe?, Willem Takken, Bart G. J. Knols (editors), Emerging Pests and Vector-borne Diseases in Europe, page 169
- Chikungunya and dengue arboviral diseases are in expansion throughout the world.
- 2010, Stephen A. Berger, Infectious Diseases of Zimbabwe, page 55
- The fever of Chikungunya is characterized by a rapid rise in temperature to as high as 40 C, often accompanied by rigors, myalgia, headache, photophobia, retro-orbital pain, sore throat with objective signs of pharyngitis, nausea, and vomiting.
- 2011, Franz J. Conraths, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases Under the Influence of Changing Environmental Factors, page 256
- Chikungunya infections are caused by an alphavirus from the family Togaviridae.
- 2007, Didier Fontenille, Anna Bella Failloux, Roberto Romi, Should we expect Chikungunya and Dengue in Southern Europe?, Willem Takken, Bart G. J. Knols (editors), Emerging Pests and Vector-borne Diseases in Europe, page 169
Translations
a viral fever caused by an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites
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Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
From English chikungunya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃikuŋɡunjɑ/, [ˈt̪ʃikuŋˌɡunjɑ]
- Hyphenation: chi‧kun‧gun‧ya
Noun
chikungunya
- chikungunya
Declension
| Inflection of chikungunya (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | chikungunya | — | |
| genitive | chikungunyan | — | |
| partitive | chikungunyaa | — | |
| illative | chikungunyaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | chikungunya | — | |
| accusative | nom. | chikungunya | — |
| gen. | chikungunyan | ||
| genitive | chikungunyan | — | |
| partitive | chikungunyaa | — | |
| inessive | chikungunyassa | — | |
| elative | chikungunyasta | — | |
| illative | chikungunyaan | — | |
| adessive | chikungunyalla | — | |
| ablative | chikungunyalta | — | |
| allative | chikungunyalle | — | |
| essive | chikungunyana | — | |
| translative | chikungunyaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | chikungunyatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Spanish
Noun
chikungunya f (uncountable)
- chikungunya