breakbone fever

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(brāk′bōn′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
break′bone fe′ver  (brāk′bōn′),USA pronunciation [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologydengue.
  • break + bone, so called because it makes the bones ache as if breaking at the joints 1860–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
breakbone fever / ˈbreɪkˌbəʊn/
  1. another name for dengue
'breakbone fever' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dengue

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