Pronunciation: ' san(d)- ˌ fl ī -
Function: noun
Date: 1910
: a disease of brief duration that is characterized by fever, headache, eye pain, malaise, and leukopenia and that is caused by any of several single-stranded RNA viruses (genus Phlebovirus of the family Bunyaviridae ) transmitted by the bite of a sand fly (esp. Phlebotomus papatasii ) ― called also phlebotomus fever