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Influenza - What does it mean?

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influenza

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (pathology) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
  • Synonyms

    * flu * grippe, grip

    Derived terms

    * avian influenza * influenzal * Spanish influenza * swine influenza * affluenza

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.