Hypertext Webster Gateway: "influenza"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Influenza \In`flu*en"za\, n. [It. influenza influence, an
epidemic formerly attributed by astrologers to the influence
of the heavenly bodies, influenza. See {Influence}.] (Med.)
An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh,
or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually
accompanied by fever.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
influenza
n : an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease [syn: {flu},
{grippe}]
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