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Pathology .
a form of epidemic influenza caused by a virus believed to have been carried from Asia in the late 1950s.
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Also called Asian influenza.
Words nearby Asian flu asiago ,
Asia Minor ,
Asian ,
Asian American ,
Asian elephant ,
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Asian pear ,
Asian semi-longhair ,
Asian shorthair ,
Asian tiger mosquito ,
Asiatic
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How to use Asian flu in a sentence Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.
Just 47 percent of Asian-Americans voted in the 2012 presidential election.
Asian-Americans may vote for Democrats now, but they are a highly persuadable—and growing—part of the electorate.
Asian-Americans are a group of persuadable swing voters, growing faster than any other group in America today.
In 1992, Republican George H.W. Bush won the Asian-American vote by 24 points.
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.
Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum StolzenbergWe were close upon the Asian shore, and I put the helm down to go about.
I wish some of those fellows with the flu could have you to look after them.
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British Dictionary definitions for Asian flu
noun
a type of influenza recurring in worldwide epidemics, caused by a virus (A2 strain or subsequent antigenic variants), which apparently originated in China in 1957
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