HyperDic: swine_influenza

English > 1 sense of the expression swine influenza:
NOUNstateswine influenza, swine fluan 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 influenza: 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 flu
Broaderinfluenza, flu, grippeAn acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
Spanishgripe porcina

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