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EBOLA VIRUS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ebola virus mean?

• EBOLA VIRUS (noun)
The noun EBOLA VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon

Familiarity information: EBOLA VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EBOLA VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Ebola virus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ebola virus" is a kind of...):

filovirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae)

Holonyms ("Ebola virus" is a member of...):

Filoviridae (a family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees))

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