Ebola virus


Ebola virus

noun

Definition of EBOLA VIRUS

: any of several filoviruses (genus Ebolavirus and especially species Zaire ebolavirus) of African origin that cause an often fatal hemorrhagic fever

Origin of EBOLA VIRUS

Ebola River, Democratic Republic of the Congo
First Known Use: 1976

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