Definition: Influenza
From New World Encyclopedia
Etymology
From Italian influenza (influence), from Latin influentia. Doublet of influence.
Noun
influenza (countable and uncountable, plural influenzas or influenze)
- (pathology) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics. Sometimes referred to as the flu.
Derived terms
- Asian influenza
- avian influenza
- Hong Kong influenza
- influenzal
- influenzavirus
- Mexican influenza
- parainfluenza
- Spanish influenza
- superinfluenza
- swine influenza
Related terms
- affluence
- affluent
- circumfluence
- circumfluent
- circumfluous
- confluence
- confluent
- conflux
- defluent
- defluxion
- diffluence
- diffluent
- difluence
- difluent
- effluent
- flu
- fluctuance
- fluctuant
- fluctuate
- fluctuation
- fluctuous
- fluency
- fluent
- fluid
- fluidity
- flume
- flumen
- fluor
- fluorian
- fluoric
- fluoride
- fluorinate
- fluorination
- fluorine
- fluorite
- fluvial
- fluviality
- flux
- fluxion
- influence
- influent
- influx
- mellifluous
- profluence
- profluent
- refluence
- refluency
- refluent
- superfluous
- transfluence
- transfluent
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