Dengoid infection
- noun
- Specialized
:
infección denguiforme
- The doctors diagnosed him with a Dengoid infection after ruling out dengue fever.
Examples
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Several patients presented symptoms of Dengoid infection during the outbreak last summer.
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Her persistent high fever led the team to consider the possibility of a Dengoid infection.
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The patient was diagnosed with a Dengoid infection last week.
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Many travelers are unaware of the risks of Dengoid infections.
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The doctors diagnosed him with a Dengoid infection after ruling out dengue fever.
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Several patients presented symptoms of Dengoid infection during the outbreak last summer.
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Her persistent high fever led the team to consider the possibility of a Dengoid infection.
How Severe
66
4.3
- Specialized
13
3.0
107
1.0
600
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Dengoid + infection
The phrase is compositionally analyzable: 'Dengoid' signals 'dengue-like' (the suffix -oid meaning 'resembling') and combines with 'infection', so the intended sense 'an infection resembling dengue' is derivable from the parts. However, '-oid' is a relatively technical derivational suffix and 'Dengoid' is not a common dictionary item, so an average B1 learner who knows only basic word meanings may not reliably recognise the suffix or infer the precise clinical nuance, making the transparency partial.
Etymology
Dengoid infection comes from the parts dengue and -oid, where -oid means 'like'. Doctors used this word for an infection that looks like dengue fever in its symptoms but is not caused by the dengue virus, so it means 'an illness that resembles dengue but isn't dengue'.