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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A filovirus causing an acute, often fatal hemorrhagic disease that was originally transmitted to humans from green monkeys.

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  1. n. a filovirus that causes Marburg disease; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon

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  1. After Marburg , where its appearance in humans was first identified. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. filovirus

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  1. green monkey disease
  1. Marburg disease
  1. marburg hemorrhagic fever

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