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1. An illness caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract. These viruses are divided into three types, designated A, B, and C.

Symptoms of influenza include fever, appetite loss, an achy feeling throughout the body, and weakness.

Most people who get influenza recover completely in one to two weeks, but some people develop serious and potentially life-threatening medical complications; such as, pneumonia.

2. An acute, infectious, often epidemic respiratory disease in which the inhaled virus attacks epithelial cells (covering of internal and external surfaces of cells), causing fever, headache, muscle pain, dry cough, fatigue, and physical exhaustion.
3. Etymology: from about 1743, borrowed during an outbreak of the disease in Europe, from Italian influenza, "influenza, epidemic"; originally, "visitation, influence (of the stars)," from Medieval Latin influentia.
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influenza meningitis
An inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the spinal cord associated with influenza infection.
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influenza pneumonia
An inflammation of the lungs associated with influenza infection.
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influenza virus
A genus of viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae which includes the influenza types A, B, and C; causing sporadic and epidemic influenza and pneumonia in humans, pigs, horses, and birds, with transmission by aerosols, by water, or by direct contact.
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