Associations to the word «Influenza»

Wiktionary

INFLUENZA, 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.

Dictionary definition

INFLUENZA, noun. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.

Wise words

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