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ASIATIC FLU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Asiatic flu mean?
• ASIATIC FLU (noun)
The noun ASIATIC FLU has 1 sense:
1. influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957
Familiarity information: ASIATIC FLU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Asian influenza; Asiatic flu
Hypernyms ("Asiatic flu" is a kind of...):
flu; grippe; influenza (an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease)
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