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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flu•en•za /ˌɪnfluˈɛnzə/USA pronunciation n. - Pathology[uncountable] a serious, easily spread disease caused by different viruses and characterized by sneezing, coughing, fever, and exhaustion;
the flu.
See -flu-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flu•en•za (in′flo̅o̅ en′zə),USA pronunciation n. - Pathologyan acute, commonly epidemic disease, occurring in several forms, caused by numerous rapidly mutating viral strains and characterized by respiratory symptoms and general prostration. Cf. flu.
- Veterinary Diseasesan acute, contagious disease occurring in horses and swine, characterized by fever, depression, and catarrhal inflammations of the eyes, nasal passages, and bronchi, and caused by a virus.
- Medieval Latin influentia influence
- Italian
- 1735–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: influenza /ˌɪnflʊˈɛnzə/ n - a highly contagious and often epidemic viral disease characterized by fever, prostration, muscular aches and pains, and inflammation of the respiratory passages
Etymology: 18th Century: from Italian, literally: influence, hence, incursion, epidemic (first applied to influenza in 1743)ˌinfluˈenzal adj |