chikungunya

[医]切昆贡亚热：一种由甲病毒(alphavirus)所致自限性登革热样疾患, 主要由伊蚊(Aedes)传播

发音

其它 /t͡ʃɪkʊŋˈɡʊnjə/

别名

chicken guinea

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites.

    基孔肯雅热

    屈公病

    不可数

词源

Borrowed from Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”), apparently referring to the arthritic effects of the disease. See -kunja, a suffix related to bending. Compare Swahili kunja (“to bend, to fold”).

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