HyperDic: ebola_virus

English > 1 sense of the expression Ebola virus:
NOUNanimalEbola virusa filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever
English > Ebola virus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon.
Member ofFiloviridaeA family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees)
Broaderfilovirusanimal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae
SpanishEbola virus
CatalanVirus d'Ebola

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