breakbone fever

[ breyk-bohn ]
/ ˈbreɪkˌboʊn /

noun Pathology.

dengue.

Origin of breakbone fever

1860–65; break + bone, so called because it makes the bones ache as if breaking at the joints

Words nearby breakbone fever

break-up value, breakable, breakage, breakaway, breakbeat, breakbone fever, breakdown, breakdown van, breakdown voltage, breaker, breaker card

British Dictionary definitions for breakbone fever

breakbone fever
/ (ˈbreɪkˌbəʊn) /

noun

another name for dengue

Medical definitions for breakbone fever

breakbone fever
[ brāk′bōn′ ]

n.

dengue