flu
Noun
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An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease (synset 114145979)
is a type of:
- contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact
- respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system
subtypes:- asian influenza, asiatic flu - influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957
- swine flu, swine influenza - an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic
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