Spanish influenza
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See also: Spanish Influenza
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Etymology[edit]
Named after Spain, which reported on the spread of disease as a neutral state while most other countries fighting World War I impose censorship, leading to a mistaken impression that it was concentrated in Spain.
Noun[edit]
Spanish influenza (uncountable)
- (pathology) A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people.
- Synonym: purulent bronchitis
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Translations[edit]
influenza pandemic
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Further reading[edit]
- Spanish flu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia