Influenza

Quick meaning: Influenza is a noun meaning (pathology) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

In early 1919 the Board also issued a film, Dr Wise on Influenza, in which a character called 'Brown' spreads the disease by enacting poor behaviours. This did address transport - by boarding a crowded omnibus, "Brown may be scattering germs throughout the carriage and giving influenza to a number of people".

Word Forms

• influenzas
• influenze

Synonyms for influenza

Depending on context, synonyms include grippe, grip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grippe, flu-like, virus, epidemic, pandemic, disease.

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