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Yellow fever

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.

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  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    (usually derogatory) A perceived sexual preference for ethnically East Asian women expressed by certain non-East Asian (especially Caucasian) men; racial fetishism towards East Asian women.

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