Ebola

noun

Ebo·​la ē-ˈbō-lə How to pronounce Ebola (audio) i- How to pronounce Ebola (audio)
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2
or less commonly Ebola fever : the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus

Examples of Ebola in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Testing also needs to be done to rule out other Ebola species and Marburg, a related virus that causes similar disease. Brittany Trang, STAT, 9 Aug. 2024 Raj Panjabi has made a career out of taking on some of public health’s toughest challenges, from malaria to Ebola to Covid-19 to mpox. Rachel Cohrs Zhang, STAT, 6 Aug. 2024 Too much of the focus so far has been limiting the damage after a pathogen has already made the jump from animals and begun to spread among people, like Ebola did in 2014, SARS-CoV-2 in late 2019 and bird flu is threatening to do, said Ann Linder, the report's lead author. Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 21 July 2024 Conducted during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, this adaptive trial allowed for a rapid and efficient evaluation of the treatment’s efficacy, highlighting the importance of adaptive design during public health emergencies. Raviv Pryluk and Mike Walsh, STAT, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for Ebola 

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Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Ebola was in 1977

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“Ebola.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ebola. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

Ebola

noun
Ebo·​la ē-ˈbō-lə How to pronounce Ebola (audio)
: a serious often deadly disease that is caused by a virus found in Africa and is marked by fever, muscle aches, and bleeding inside the body

Medical Definition

Ebola

noun
1
2
: the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus

called also Ebola fever

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