influenza

Noun

Meaning

An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

flu grippe black death disease plague Lassa fever ringworm erysipelas cold invasion infection fever grip epidemic affection
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Antonyms

health treatment advantage benefit medicine healing
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Hypernyms

disease contagion respiratory disease contagious disease respiratory disorder respiratory illness

Hyponyms

Asian influenza Asiatic flu swine flu swine influenza

Related terms

fluor influence confluence fluorite fluid flux

Phrases with the word

equine influenza swine influenza virus swine-origin influenza virus Wuhan influenza

Examples

Hunger reduces one to an utterly spineless, brainless condition, more like the after-effects of influenza than anything else. It is as though all one's blood had been pumped out and lukewarm water substituted. George Orwell

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases. Jared Diamond

My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918. James Rainwater

For the first time in history, we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real-time... Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour. Margaret Chan

Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution. Margaret Chan

The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great potential for changes, for mutation. Margaret Chan

Close letter words and terms

influentiality influentially influentialness influenzal influenzalike influenzavirus