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swine flu

alt. influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans. n. influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.

WordNet
swine flu

n. an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same viurs that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic [syn: swine influenza]

Usage examples of "swine flu".

No one can rule out the possibility that the Great Swine Flu epidemic might once again rear its head.

Government health officials emphasize that this is Russian-A flu, not the more dangerous Swine flu.

People forget that the swine flu epidemic of 1918 killed one person out of fifty worldwide.

Who is responsible -- the same person who came up with swine flu vaccine?

As you said yourself, it was most unfortunate that all three of them should have been so susceptible to swine flu, and my death certificates show this to be the cause of extinction.

Out of nowhere this young woman has entered our lives with the force and mystery of the Swine Flu and there appears to be nothing we can do about it.