Oropouche fever

noun

A tropical viral infection transmitted by biting midges and mosquitoes, causing fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, etc.

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Meanings

nounOropouche fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA tropical viral infection transmitted by biting midges and mosquitoes, causing fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, etc.

Origin

It was first discovered and isolated by the Oropouche River in Trinidad and Tobago, in 1955.

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Oropouche fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oropouche%20fever

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“Oropouche fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oropouche%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oropouche fever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oropouche%20fever.

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