EBOLA VIRUS


Meaning of EBOLA VIRUS in English

/i boh"leuh/

a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes hemorrhagic fever, gastrointestinal distress, and often death.

[ after Ebola River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, near which virus outbreak occurred in 1976 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .