HyperDic: swine_flu

English > 1 sense of the expression swine flu:
NOUNstateswine flu, swine influenzaan acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic
English > swine flu: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Synonymswine influenza
Broaderinfluenza, flu, grippeAn acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
Spanishgripe porcina

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