Medical Dictionary

tropical disease

noun trop·i·cal disease \ˈträp-i-kəl-\

Medical Definition of TROPICAL DISEASE

:  a disease that is indigenous to and may be endemic in a tropical area but may also occur in sporadic or epidemic form in areas that are not tropical

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