korean hemorrhagic fever — noun Usage: usually capitalized K : a hemorrhagic fever that is endemic to Asia, is caused by the hantaan virus, and is characterized by acute renal failure in addition to the usual symptoms of the hemorrhagic fevers … Useful english dictionary
Korean hemorrhagic fever — An acute infection caused by a virus that produces varying degrees of hemorrhage, shock, and sometimes death … Dictionary of microbiology
hemorrhagic fever — n any of a diverse group of virus diseases (as Korean hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, and Ebola) that are usu. transmitted to humans by arthropods or rodents and are characterized by a sudden onset, fever, aching, bleeding in the internal organs… … Medical dictionary
Korean hemorrhagic fever virus — Hantaan v … Medical dictionary
Epidemic hemorrhagic fever — A number of diseases characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and pain in the muscles, joints and abdomen with nausea and vomiting followed by bleeding into the kidney and elsewhere. Known also as… … Medical dictionary
viral hemorrhagic fever — ▪ pathology any of a variety of highly fatal viral diseases that are characterized by massive external or internal bleeding or bleeding into the skin. Other symptoms vary by the type of viral hemorrhagic fever but often include fever,… … Universalium
hemorrhagic nephrosonephritis — Korean hemorrhagic nephrosonephritis epidemic hemorrhagic fever … Medical dictionary
Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… … Medical dictionary
Koreanhemorrhagic fever — Korean hemorrhagic fever n. See epidemic hemorrhagic fever. * * * … Universalium
epidemichemorrhagic fever — epidemic hemorrhagic fever n. A form of hemorrhagic fever endemic to northeastern Asia that is caused by a hantavirus and characterized in its later stages by hemorrhage, shock, and kidney failure. Also called Korean hemorrhagic fever. * * * … Universalium