Synonyms for influenza
ˌɪn fluˈɛn zəin·fluen·za

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1. influenzanoun

   Synonyms:
   grippe, flu, grip

2. influenzanoun

   An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

   Synonyms:
   grippe, flu, grip

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. influenza, flu, grippenoun

   an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

   Synonyms:
   flu, grippe

Matched Categories

1. • Contagious Disease
   • Respiratory Disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "influenza":

   flu, avian, influence, anti-influenza, h1n1, grippe, 'influenza, flu-like, ili

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How to use influenza in a sentence?

1. Adrienne Randolph:

   Based on what we know about other viruses, such as influenza, we would expect children to be the first to get sick and have more severe disease. If we can understand what protects kids, we may get clues as to why older people are so susceptible.

2. Robert Atmar:

   Statins shouldn’t be stopped because they already have been shown to lead to significant benefits such as decreased mortality due to cardiovascular events, patients should also continue to get vaccinated against influenza because it is still the best way to prevent getting sick.

3. Susan Rehm:

   Even healthy people may develop complications of influenza, like bacterial pneumonia.

4. Manish Patel:

   It makes sense for us to be prepared and maintain vigilance for influenza.

5. Thomas House:

   The most recent influenza pandemic provided very strong evidence that school-age children are central to the spread of pandemic influenza, and that transmission was substantially reduced during times when schools were closed.