songo fever
noun
son·go fever
\ˈsȯ|ŋ(ˌ)gō-, ˈsä|\
Definition of songo fever
: epidemic hemorrhagic fever
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Origin and Etymology of songo fever
Songo river, Manchuria, where it was observed among Japanese soldiers in 1939
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