influenza
An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
Synonyms
- flu
- grip
Related words
- postinfluenza
- avian influenza
- Spanish influenza
- influenzavirus
- swine influenza
- influenzalike
- influenzal
- parainfluenza
- superinfluenza
- affluenza
- Asian influenza
- Hong Kong influenza
Word history
From Latin "influentia".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “influenza” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.