Ebola fever
An extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus,…An extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus, characterised by fever and internal bleeding, contracted through infected body fluids.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus, characterised by fever and internal bleeding, contracted through infected body fluids.
Ebolafieber
лихора́дка Эбо́лаlixorádka Ebóla
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
Translations
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Origin
Named after the Ebola River.Named after the Ebola River.
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- 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:Ebola hemorrhagic feverEbola
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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