GREEN MONKEY DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does green monkey disease mean? 

• GREEN MONKEY DISEASE (noun)
  The noun GREEN MONKEY DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness

  Familiarity information: GREEN MONKEY DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREEN MONKEY DISEASE (noun)

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Meaning:

A viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

green monkey disease; Marburg disease; Marburg hemorrhagic fever

Hypernyms ("green monkey disease" 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)