Ebola virus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(i bō′lə)


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E•bola vi′rus  (i bō′lə),USA pronunciation 
  1. a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes hemorrhagic fever, gastrointestinal distress, and often death.
  • after Ebola River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, near which virus outbreak occurred in 1976

E•bola vi′rus  (i bō′lə),USA pronunciation 
  1. a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes hemorrhagic fever, gastrointestinal distress, and often death.
  • after Ebola River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, near which virus outbreak occurred in 1976

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