'Grippe' definitions:

Definition of 'grippe'

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noun
An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease [syn: influenza, flu, grippe]

Definition of 'Grippe'

From: GCIDE
  • Grippe \Grippe\, n. [F.] (Med.) The influenza or epidemic catarrh. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'grippe'

From: GCIDE
  • Influenza \In`flu*en"za\, n. [It. influenza influence, an epidemic formerly attributed by astrologers to the influence of the heavenly bodies, influenza. See Influence.] (Med.) An epidemic viral infectious disease characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever and general weakness; also called grippe. It is caused by several forms of RNA virus which mutate readily and thereby render vaccines prepared against older forms ineffective, often requiring a new form of vaccine for each new outbreak. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Synonyms of 'grippe'

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