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Noun: flu  floo
  1. An acute and highly contagious viral disease causing a high body temperature (fever)
    "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of flu";
    - influenza, grippe [archaic]

Sounds like: flu

Derived forms: flus

Type of: contagion, contagious disease, respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness

Encyclopedia: Flu

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