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GREEN MONKEY DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness
Synonyms:
green monkey disease; Marburg disease; Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("green monkey disease" is a kind of...):
haemorrhagic fever; hemorrhagic fever; VHF; viral haemorrhagic fever; viral hemorrhagic fever (a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage)
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