chikungunya

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites. uncountable
    — Chikungunya and dengue arboviral diseases are in expansion throughout the world.

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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