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Princeton's WordNet

  1. influenza, flu, grippenoun

    an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

Wiktionary

  1. flunoun

    Influenza.

  2. flunoun

    Common cold.

  3. Etymology: A shortening of influenza.

ChatGPT

  1. flu

    The flu, or influenza, is a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory tract that primarily affects the nose, throat, and lungs. It typically presents with sudden onset of symptoms like fever, chills, muscle aches, headache, fatigue, sore throat, and cough. The illness can range from mild to severe, potentially causing complications such as pneumonia, heart problems, or death in people with weakened immune systems or other underlying conditions. It spreads primarily through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing, or by touching a surface contaminated by the virus and then touching the mouth or nose.

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    Rank popularity for the word 'flu' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4168

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of flu in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of flu in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of flu in a Sentence

  1. Mike Medwin:

    Please implore other parents to not take the flu lightly whatsoever.

  2. Jennifer Allen:

    World War I was a benchmark, which is particularly relevant because it was followed by the 1918 flu pandemic.

  3. Simon Clarke:

    The reason why cold weather is presumed to cause spreading of coughs, colds and flu is that cold air causes irritation in the nasal passages and airways, which makes us more susceptible to viral infection.

  4. Alvaro Cerezo:

    His health is OK, he was probably only sick or had the flu [when he was taken] but they won’t allow him to go back anymore, he cannot go there, it’s over.

  5. Paul Offit:

    We don't do this for the flu, and it's known to cause 30,000 deaths in The United States every year.

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