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flu

[ floo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

influenza.
a specific variety of influenza, usually named for its point of dissemination or its animal vector:
Hong Kong flu; swine flu.

flu

/ fluː /

flu

/ flo̅o̅ /

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Origin of flu¹

First recorded in 1830–40; shortened form

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I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.

The Italian health ministry said it could not prove a direct correlation between the flu vaccine and the deaths.

The benefits are obvious, says 83-year-old Mariacristina Poggio, who sums it up succinctly: “I could die from the flu without it.”

Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.

Suffering from flu symptoms one day, she decided to call in sick.

Mr. Pope was a bachelor, and his valet inconsiderately took the “flu.”

This condition caused many "flu" patients to develop pneumonia and to die.

Grisel explained that it was pneumonia following on "flu," and he heard her blow her poor little nose.

I wish some of those fellows with the flu could have you to look after them.

Lee all but died, and Nielsen, afterward, told me he would rather die than have the "flu" again.

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