swine influenza
[ swīn ]
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n.
A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine.swine flu
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Words nearby swine influenza
Swindon, swine, swine fever, swine flu, swineherd, swine influenza, swine plague, swinepox, swine's cress, swine vesicular disease, swing
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