Synonyms for influenza
ˌɪn fluˈɛn zəin·fluen·za

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1. influenzanoun

   Synonyms:
   grippe, flu, grip

2. influenzanoun

   An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

   Synonyms:
   grippe, flu, grip

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1. influenza, flu, grippenoun

   an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

   Synonyms:
   flu, grippe

Matched Categories

1. • Contagious Disease
   • Respiratory Disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "influenza":

   flu, avian, influence, anti-influenza, h1n1, grippe, 'influenza, flu-like, ili

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1. Mick Bailey:

   It could be, for example, that the signature that the dogs are detecting might be a general one associated with respiratory viruses like influenza, rather than a specific one associated with SARS-CoV-2.

2. Adrienne Randolph:

   Based on what we know about other viruses, such as influenza, we would expect children to be the first to get sick and have more severe disease. If we can understand what protects kids, we may get clues as to why older people are so susceptible.

3. Jennifer Radin:

   Responding more quickly to influenza outbreaks can prevent further spread and infection, and we were curious to see if sensor data could improve real-time surveillance.

4. Julian Tang:

   We see this all the time with the influenza vaccine.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   We do know for absolutely certain that there is a post-Covid-19 syndrome -- referred to sometimes as long Covid, chronic Covid, long haulers, we're seeing variable percentages, and anywhere from 25 to 35 % or more have lingering symptoms -- well beyond what you'd expect post any viral syndrome, like influenza and others.