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Ebola fever

Ebola fever noun: an extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus, characterised by fever and internal bleeding, contracted through infected body fluids.

Noun

Ebola fever (uncountable)

  1. An extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus, characterised by fever and internal bleeding, contracted through infected body fluids.

Ebola fever meaning in Tamil and Arabic

Ebola fever in Tamil

illness caused by the Ebola virus
புலைக்காய்ச்சல் pulaikkāyccal

Ebola fever in Arabic

illness caused by the Ebola virus
حُمَّى اَلْإِيبُولَا ḥummā l-ʔibūlā

Origin of Ebola fever

Named after the Ebola River.

Questions about Ebola fever

What does Ebola fever mean?
Ebola fever means an extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus, characterised by fever and internal bleeding, contracted through infected body fluids.
What is Ebola fever in Tamil?
Ebola fever in Tamil is புலைக்காய்ச்சல் (pulaikkāyccal). See Ebola fever meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Ebola fever?
Ebola fever is a noun.

Words near Ebola fever in the dictionary

  1. Ebners
  2. EBO
  3. Eboe
  4. Eboes
  5. ebola
  6. Ebola fever
  7. Ebola hemorrhagic fever
  8. Ebola Reston
  9. Ebola virus
  10. Ebola virus disease
  11. Ebola Zaire

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