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Ebola

//ɪˈbəʊlə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Noun
  1. 1
    The Ebola virus. uncountable

    "Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Ebola. alt-of, uncountable

    "[A] single droplet of blood no bigger than this ‘o’ may contain 100 million ebola particles."

  3. 3
    a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa wordnet
  4. 4
    Ebola fever. uncountable

Etymology

Named after the river, which flowed near the first outbreak of Ebola that was first identified as Ebola. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control or Belgian researchers.

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