hemorrhagic fever
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- noun
- /ˌhɛmərˈrædʒɪk ˈfivər/
- Specialized
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fiebre hemorrágica
- In 2014, there was a widespread outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in West Africa, leading to thousands of cases.
- hemorrhagic fever virus
- viral hemorrhagic fever
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Examples
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There were new outbreaks of Blue Nile hemorrhagic fever.
Fiction book (2000) -
Doctors are concerned about the potential spread of hemorrhagic fever due to the increasing number of patients.
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Have you ever seen the effects of hemorrhagic fever?
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By November 2012, many human patients with hemorrhagic fever, 13 of whom died, had been reported in the same regions.
Academic text (2014) -
They think there's been some cases of hemorrhagic fever in a village there.
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Ebola is a highly contagious hemorrhagic fever virus that kills by massive internal hemorrhage and is capable of jumping from one species to another.
Academic text (1998) -
Ebola viruses cause fatal hemorrhagic fevers in humans and many other species of non-human primates.
Blog text (21) -
On hospital day 2, a diagnosis of a viral hemorrhagic fever was considered, and blood specimens were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for testing.
Academic text (2014) -
Because of the disease characteristics (high fever and blood abnormalities) and travel history, a viral hemorrhagic fever was suspected, and clinical samples were rushed to the CDC for investigation of a possible high-risk virus.
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Research is underway to develop vaccines for various strains of hemorrhagic fever viruses.
Synonyms
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A serious illness caused by a virus that causes fever, makes you bleed, and damages blood vessels
A serious illness caused by certain viruses that makes people have fever and heavy bleeding
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'hemorrhagic' means relating to bleeding and 'fever' means elevated body temperature, so a learner who knows both words can infer a fevering illness involving bleeding. Although 'hemorrhagic' is somewhat technical, the adjective+noun medical naming pattern is regular and has clear parallels in many languages, supporting straightforward inference.
Etymology
Hemorrhagic fever paints a clear picture: it is a serious fever that also causes 'bleeding'. The part hemorrhagic refers to 'bleeding' and fever to 'high temperature', so the phrase reminds us these diseases cause fever plus bleeding inside the body.