INFLUENZA
\ˌɪnfluːˈɛnzə], \ˌɪnfluːˈɛnzə], \ˌɪ_n_f_l_uː_ˈɛ_n_z_ə]\
Definitions of INFLUENZA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.
By Oddity Software
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An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.
By Noah Webster.
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An acute viral infection involving the respiratory tract. It is marked by inflammation of the nasal mucosa, the pharynx, and conjunctiva, and by headache and severe, often generalized, myalgia.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The grip; an acute infectious disease possibly caused by Pfeiffer's bacillus, characterized by fever, catarrhal inflammation of the respiratory or gastroenteric tract, or profound nervous disturbances marked by headache, insomnia, convulsions, delirium, neuritis, or mental depression. Three chief types are recognized: respiratory, gastroenteric, and nervous, according as the symptoms referable to one or another of these systems predominate; serious affection of the circulatory system is also a frequent complication or sequel. It occurs in extensive epidemics or pandemics at intervals of years.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Epidemic, febrile catarrh, nervous prostration, etc.
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The Italian for 'Influence.' A severe form of catarrh occurring epidemically, and generally affecting a number of persons in a community. See Catarrh, epidemic. Gluge, from his investigations considers that the following is the chronological order of the return of the influenza: - 14th century, 1323, 1326- 15th century, 1410, 1411, 1414- 16th century, 1510, 1557, 1562, 1574, 1580, and 1593- 17th century, 1658, 1669, 1675, 1693- 18th century, 1708, 1712, 1729, 1732, 1733, 1742, 1743, 1761, 1762, and 1775- 19th century, 1800, 1803, 1831, and 1833. To these may be added 1837, and 1843.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An infectious disease characterized by great depression, with or without specific catarrhal inflammation of the air passages, and frequently occurring in epidemics. It is caused by the Bacillus influenzae.
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In the horse, a disease resembling typhoid fever.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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