"yellow fever" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} yellow fever (uncountable)
  1. (pathology) An acute febrile illness of tropical regions, caused by a flavivirus (Yellow fever virus) and spread by certain mosquitoes, characterised by jaundice, black vomit and the absence of urination. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology, Viral diseases, Viral diseases Synonyms: black vomit [obsolete], yellow jack [obsolete], Bulam fever [obsolete] Translations (illness): حَمَّى صَفْرَاء (ḥammā ṣafrāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), terzhienn-velen [feminine] (Breton), 黃熱病 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄热病 (huángrèbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), gul feber (Danish), gele koorts [feminine] (Dutch), flava febro (Esperanto), keltakuume (Finnish), fièvre jaune [feminine] (French), ყვითელი ციებ-ცხელება (q̇viteli cieb-cxeleba) (Georgian), ყვითელი ცხელება (q̇viteli cxeleba) (Georgian), Gelbfieber [neuter] (German), sárgaláz (Hungarian), demam kuning (Indonesian), fiabhras buí [neuter] (Irish), 黄熱 (ōnetsu) (alt: おうねつ) (Japanese), 황열 (hwang'yeol) (Korean), demam kuning (Malay), żółta febra [feminine] (Polish), febre amarela [feminine] (Portuguese), friguri galbene [neuter, plural] (Romanian), жёлтая лихора́дка (žóltaja lixorádka) [feminine] (Russian), амарилле́з (amarilléz) [masculine] (Russian), fiabhras-buidhe [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fiebre amarilla [feminine] (Spanish), homa ya manjano (Swahili), gul feber [common-gender] (Swedish), gula febern [common-gender] (Swedish), ไข้เหลือง (kâi-lʉ̌ʉang) (Thai), sarıhumma (Turkish), жо́вта гаря́чка (žóvta harjáčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sốt vàng (Vietnamese), sốt vàng da (Vietnamese), ibà pọ́njú-pọ́ntọ̀ (Yoruba), xekik (Yucatec Maya)
    Sense id: en-yellow_fever-en-noun-CXNdL1WM Disambiguation of Viral diseases: 63 29 8 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'illness': 87 8 5
  2. (figurative, slang) An attraction to ethnically East Asian men or women, expressed by non-East Asian (especially white European male) people. Tags: figuratively, slang, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Mosquito-borne diseases Synonyms: Asian fever Hyponyms: Japanese fever
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  3. (figurative, dated) A lust for gold; an obsession with seeking gold ore. Tags: dated, figuratively, uncountable Synonyms: gold fever
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Derived forms: yellow-fever mosquito (taxonomic: Aedes aegypti) Related terms: Arab fever, Asian fever, black fever, blue fever, Indian fever, Japanese fever, jungle fever, white fever Coordinate_terms: banana, egg, sideways, twinkie, weeaboo
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