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Flu   /flu/   Listen
Flu

noun
1.
An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.  Synonyms: grippe, influenza.



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"Flu" Quotes from Famous Books



... are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flu'd, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew. Crook-knee'd and dew-lap'd like Thessalian bulls, Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouths like bells, Each under each: a cry more tuneable Was never halloo'd to, ...
— The De Coverley Papers - From 'The Spectator' • Joseph Addison and Others

... 'flu'!" cried Grace in alarm, as she sat up in bed, jerking the covers from her now fully aroused bedfellow. "Amy! Mollie! Get me a gas ...
— The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House • Laura Lee Hope

... Cowslip calved, the darling choosing the one night old Burton was away and Jim down with flu. She had to hold the lantern. Straw littered in the half-lighted shed. Cowslip swinging her bald-faced head round to you, her humble, sorrowful eyes imploring, between her groans and the convulsive heavings of her flanks. ...
— The Romantic • May Sinclair



Words linked to "Flu" :   respiratory disorder, respiratory disease, contagious disease, contagion, respiratory illness



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