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influenza Definition


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influenza
noun
    1. pathol.
      A highly infectious viral infection, with symptoms including headache, fever, a sore throat, catarrh and muscular aches and pains. Commonly shortened to flu.
Derivative: influenzal
adj
    Etymology: 18c: Italian, literally ‘influence' (from the belief that the stars caused epidemics generally).



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