MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marburg hemorrhagic fever mean? 

• MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (noun)
  The noun MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER has 1 sense:

1. a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness

  Familiarity information: MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

green monkey disease; Marburg disease; Marburg hemorrhagic fever

Hypernyms ("Marburg hemorrhagic fever" is a kind of...):

haemorrhagic fever; hemorrhagic fever; VHF; viral haemorrhagic fever; viral hemorrhagic fever (a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage)