SWINE INFLUENZA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

swine flu; swine influenza

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("swine influenza" is a kind of...):

flu; grippe; influenza (an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease)

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