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English Dictionary: Influenza by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
influenza
n
  1. an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease [syn: influenza, flu, grippe]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Influenza \In`flu*en"za\, n. [It. influenza influence, an
      epidemic formerly attributed by astrologers to the influence
      of the heavenly bodies, influenza. See {Influence}.] (Med.)
      An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh,
      or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually
      accompanied by fever.
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