GRIPPE

influenza, flu, grippe

(noun) an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

grippe (uncountable)

(pathology) Influenza, the flu. [from 18 c.]

Anagrams

• gipper

Source: Wiktionary


Grippe, n. Etym: [F.] (Med.)

Definition: The influenza or epidemic catarrh. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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