ASIAN INFLUENZA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Asian influenza mean? 

• ASIAN INFLUENZA (noun)
  The noun ASIAN INFLUENZA has 1 sense:

1. influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957

  Familiarity information: ASIAN INFLUENZA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASIAN INFLUENZA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Asian influenza; Asiatic flu

Hypernyms ("Asian influenza" is a kind of...):

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