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SWINE INFLUENZA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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