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INFLUENZA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

Synonyms:

flu; grippe; influenza

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("influenza" is a kind of...):

contagion; contagious disease (any disease easily transmitted by contact)

respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "influenza"):

Asian influenza; Asiatic flu (influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957)

swine flu; swine influenza (an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic)

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 Context examples: 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Haemophilus influenzae.

(Haemophilus influenzae, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

One common type, Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), causes serious disease.

(Haemophilus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Favipiravir is converted to the ribofuranosyltriphosphate derivative by host enzymes and selectively inhibits the influenza viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.

(Favipiravir, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular vaccination, AS03-adjuvanted H1N1 influenza vaccine may elicit an immune response against the H1N1 virus and the production of anti-H1N1 antibodies.

(AS03-Adjuvanted H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr. Wingfield told me that he has never known them more general or heavy—except when it has been quite an influenza.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The researchers also found that people who took antibiotics experienced changes to their immune systems that promoted a pro-inflammatory state, similar to a condition seen in older adults who have received influenza vaccines.

(Disrupting the gut microbiome may affect some immune responses to flu vaccination, National Institutes of Health)

It is usually caused by Haemophilus influenza, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and beta-hemolytic streptococci.

(Orbital Cellulitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, non-adjuvanted A(H1N1) influenza vaccine may stimulate the immune system to mount an antibody response against H1N1.

(Non-Adjuvanted A(H1N1) Influenza Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Osetamivir blocks neuraminidases on the surfaces of influenza viruses, interfering with host cell release of complete viral particles.

(Oseltamivir, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to prevent and to treat influenza virus infections.

(Oseltamivir phosphate, NCI Dictionary)