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Swine Flu

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic

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Classifications

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
swine influenza
plural
Swine Flus
possessive
Swine Flu's
pluralpossessive
Swine Flus'