chikungunya
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”), apparently referring to the arthritic effects of the disease.
Pronunciation
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
- 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.
Translations
a viral fever caused by an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites
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Further reading
chikungunya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
From English chikungunya.
Pronunciation
Noun
chikungunya
Declension
Inflection of chikungunya (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
abessive | chikungunyatta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Spanish
Noun
chikungunya f (uncountable)
Categories:
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- English lemmas
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- Finnish terms derived from English
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