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Ebola virus disease

British  
/ iːˈbəʊlə /

noun

  1. a severe infectious disease characterized by fever, vomiting, and internal bleeding Compare Marburg disease

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Etymology

Origin of Ebola virus disease

C20: named after the Ebola river, N Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), where an outbreak occurred in 1976

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