flu

flu  (fl)

n. Informal

Influenza.

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[Short for influenza.]

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flu [fluː]

n Informal

1. (Medicine / Pathology) (often preceded by the) short for influenza

2. (Medicine / Pathology) any of various viral infections, esp a respiratory or intestinal infection

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flu  (fl)

See influenza.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flu - an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease grippe, influenza contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact Asian influenza, Asiatic flu - influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957 swine flu, swine influenza - an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system

Translations

flu [fluː]

A. N → gripe f, gripa f (Col, Mex)
I've got flu → tengo gripe
to get or catch flu → agarrar la gripe, agriparse(LAm)

B. CPD flu jab N → vacuna f contra la gripe
flu vaccine N → vacuna f antigripal

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flu [ˈfluː] n → grippe f
She's got flu → Elle a la grippe.
flu bug n → virus m de la grippe

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flu, ’flu

n → Grippe f; to get or catch/have (the) flu → (die or eine) Grippe bekommen/haben

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flu [fluː] n (fam) → influenza

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flu [fluː] n (fam) → influenza

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flu, 'flu [fluː]

short for influenza.

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flu → الإنفلوانزا chřipka influenza Grippe γρίπη gripe flunssa grippe gripa influenza インフルエンザ 독감 griep influensa grypa gripe грипп influensa ไข้หวัดใหญ่ grip bệnh cúm 流感