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: any of several virus diseases marked especially by respiratory or intestinal symptoms
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He came down with a bad bout of the flu.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Higher egg prices demonstrates this very well, since avian flu and the culling of infected flocks are the prime driver, but that hasn’t stopped efforts to assign responsibility.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
That means the measles virus can destroy the immunity people have built up over time to things like the common cold, the flu, bacteria that can cause pneumonia or any other pathogen.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Egg production has been hit hard by avian flu outbreaks.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Flu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flu. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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flu
noun2
: any of several virus diseases that are something like a cold
flu-like
adjective
ˈflü-ˌlīk
Medical Definition
flu
noun1
2
: any of several chiefly viral illnesses marked especially by respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms see intestinal flu
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