Phrase guide

haemorrhagic fever

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

viral haemorrhagic fever

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: viral infection, virus infection

Narrower terms: Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever, Ebola, Lassa fever, Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, Marburg disease, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, green monkey disease

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Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 出血熱 /出血热 (chūxuèrè) — viral haemorrhagic fever
  • Japanese: 出血熱 (shutsuketsu netsu) — viral haemorrhagic fever
  • Russian: геморраги́ческая лихора́дка (gemorragíčeskaja lixorádka) — viral haemorrhagic fever
  • Ukrainian: геморагі́чна гаря́чка (hemorahíčna harjáčka) — viral haemorrhagic fever
  • Vietnamese: sốt xuất huyết — viral haemorrhagic fever