influenza

• And tell me everything about yourselves—how you are and how you feel, and whether you look backwards or forwards with the most pleasure, and whether the influenza has been among your welcomers to England. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
• The night we arrive you fall ill with that dreadful low fever that is foolishly called the influenza, your second, if not your third, attack. —  Oscar Wilde, Volume 2
• There are existing treatments for influenza, which is of major pandemic concern. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
• It wasn't understood by many that there were different forms of influenza, which is why vaccines change from year to year —  Blisstree
• This supervision is no doubt of far-reaching importance, as it assures the users that the preparations are reliable INFLUENZA Synonyms._--Pinkeye, typhoid fever, epizooty, epihippic fever hepatic fever, bilious fever, etc.; flčvre typhoide, grippe French); Pferdestaupe (German); gastro-enteritis of Vatel and d'Arboval; febris erysipelatodes, Zundel; typhus of Delafond Definition._--The term influenza is applied to a febrile, contagious, infectious disease of horses, which is characterized by a blood infection, with inflammation of the mucous membranes, which frequently involves the lungs. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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