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yellow fever
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yellow fever
(noun)
yellow fever
noun
yellow fever
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of YELLOW FEVER
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medical
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a serious disease that causes fever and often yellowing of the skin and that is passed from one person to another especially by the bite of mosquitoes
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