SWINE FLU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swine flu mean? 

• SWINE FLU (noun)
  The noun SWINE FLU has 1 sense:

1. an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic

  Familiarity information: SWINE FLU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWINE FLU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

swine flu; swine influenza

Hypernyms ("swine flu" is a kind of...):

flu; grippe; influenza (an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease)

 Context examples 

There is a vaccine available to protect against swine flu.

(H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

A strain of swine influenza A virus identified as the causative agent of the swine flu epidemic of Spring 2009.

(Influenza A (H1N1) Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

There are antiviral medicines you can take to prevent or treat swine flu.

(H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.

(H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen.

(H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

In 2009 a strain of swine flu called H1N1 infected many people around the world.

(H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Swine flu is an infection caused by a virus.

(H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)