English Explanatory Dictionary

Vietnamese time bomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The disease melioidosis.

Word forms

Vietnamese time bomb the Vietnamese time bomb

Etymology

So called because it may occur, with delayed onset, in people who have visited Vietnam.

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