influenza

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influenza Asian flu avian influenza Hong Kong flu influenza A influenza B influenza C influenza vaccine influenza virus influenza virus vaccine Spanish flu swine influenza

Main Entry: in·flu·en·za
Pronunciation: in-()flü-en-z
Function: noun
1 a : any of several acute highly contagious respiratory diseases caused by strains of three major orthomyxoviruses now considered to comprise three species assigned to three separate genera: (1) : INFLUENZA A (2) : INFLUENZA B (3) : INFLUENZA C b : any human respiratory infection of undetermined cause -- not used technically
2 : any of numerous febrile usually virus diseases of domestic animals (as shipping fever of horses) marked by respiratory symptoms, inflammation of mucous membranes, and often systemic involvement
- in·flu·en·zal /-zl/ adjective