/ ˈeɪgjuː; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( old-fashioned ) a disease such as malaria that causes fever and shivering (= shaking of the body)
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : via Old French from medieval Latin acuta (febris) acute (fever).
/ ˈeɪgjuː; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( old-fashioned ) a disease such as malaria that causes fever and shivering (= shaking of the body)
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : via Old French from medieval Latin acuta (febris) acute (fever).
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005