songo fever

noun

son·​go fever

ˈsȯ|ŋ(ˌ)gō-,

ˈsä|

: epidemic hemorrhagic fever

Word History

Etymology

Songo river, Manchuria, where it was observed among Japanese soldiers in 1939

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