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zika disease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
zika dis-ease
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A disease of humans, transmitted by mosquitoes, caused by the Zika virus, with symptoms similar to dengue fever and many other diseases, that also apparently causes microcephaly in the newborns of infected mothers.

Etymology

From Zika Forest, where the virus was discovered at a mosquito research facility of the Uganda Virus Research Institute.

Phrases

Zika Forest Zika virus

Frequently Paired Words

Zika Forest Zika virus hypogyration hypomyelination dysmyelination hypoplasia

Synonyms

Zika fever

Questions

What does zika disease mean?
A disease of humans, transmitted by mosquitoes, caused by the Zika virus, with symptoms similar to dengue fever and many other diseases, that also apparently causes microcephaly in the newborns of infected mothers.
Where does zika disease come from?
From Zika Forest, where the virus was discovered at a mosquito research facility of the Uganda Virus Research Institute.

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