VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does viral hemorrhagic fever mean? 

• VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (noun)
  The noun VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER has 1 sense:

1. a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage

  Familiarity information: VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

haemorrhagic fever; hemorrhagic fever; VHF; viral haemorrhagic fever; viral hemorrhagic fever

Hypernyms ("viral hemorrhagic fever" is a kind of...):

viral infection; virus infection (infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "viral hemorrhagic fever"):

Argentine hemorrhagic fever (hemorrhagic fever with neurological signs; caused by the Junin virus)

Ebola; Ebola fever; Ebola hemorrhagic fever (a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa)

Lassa fever (an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon)

Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever (an infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep)

Rift Valley fever (an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals)

green monkey disease; Marburg disease; Marburg hemorrhagic fever (a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness)

 Context examples 

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses caused by four families of viruses.

(Hemorrhagic Fevers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Filoviridae infect primates, pigs and bats in nature and are a causitive agent of viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans and primates.

(Filoviridae, NCI Thesaurus)