EBOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ebola mean? 

• EBOLA (noun)
  The noun EBOLA has 1 sense:

1. a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa

  Familiarity information: EBOLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EBOLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Ebola; Ebola fever; Ebola hemorrhagic fever

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

haemorrhagic fever; hemorrhagic fever; VHF; viral haemorrhagic fever; viral hemorrhagic fever (a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage)

 Context examples 

Now the researchers have identified two such antibodies that hold promise as Ebola treatments.

(Antibodies from Ebola survivor protect mice and ferrets against related viruses, NIH)

Previous studies indicate that the investigational Ebola virus (Kikwit) vaccine will protect against other strains of Ebola virus.

(Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruse, National Institutes of Health)

The Tekmira team developed a new siRNA treatment, called siEbola-3, against the Makona outbreak strain of Ebola.

(Lipid Nanoparticle Therapeutic Treats Ebola in Monkeys, NIH)

The Ebola virus can cause severe illness and death in people and other primates.

(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)

The Ebola virus causes acute disease that can lead to severe illness and death.

(Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys, NIH)

ZMapp, an experimental therapy comprising three monoclonal antibodies, has shown promise in a clinical trial, but it targets only one of the five known species of Ebola virus.

(Broadly acting antibodies found in plasma of Ebola survivors, National Institutes of Health)

Some VHFs cause mild disease, but some, like Ebola or Marburg, cause severe disease and death.

(Hemorrhagic Fevers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The cynomolgus monkey is most commonly utilized in the pre-clinical setting for neuroscience pre-clinical research and has also been shown to be a reservoir for the Ebola virus, monkey pox, and B-virus.

(Cynomolgus Maritius Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)

Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Ebola virus.

(Ebola Virus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Scientists worry that anthrax, botulism, Ebola and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, plague, or smallpox could be used as biological agents.

(Biodefense and Bioterrorism, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)