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swine flu
(redirected from Pig flu)

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swine flu
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  (swn)
A highly contagious form of influenza seen in swine, caused by a virus of the family Orthomyxoviridae. The infection is communicable to humans and caused a worldwide epidemic in 1918.
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Noun1.swine flu - 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
swine influenza
flu, grippe, influenza - an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
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But they stunned their hosts when they said they would not travel to Scotland because of the pig flu threat.
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