Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA viral, often fatal infection characterized by a high fever, encephalitis, diarrhea, vomiting, and severe bleeding from bodily orifices.
Synonyms: green monkey disease, Marburg fever, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA viral, often fatal infection characterized by a high fever, encephalitis, diarrhea, vomiting, and severe bleeding from bodily orifices.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
After the German city of Marburg.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan malaltia de Marburg
- malaltia de MarburgTranslations
Dutch marburgkoorts
- marburgkoortsTranslations
Spanish fiebre de Marburgo
- fiebre de MarburgoTranslations
Swedish marburgfeber
- marburgfeberTranslations
Cite this entry
Marburg disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marburg%20disease
“Marburg disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marburg%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Marburg disease,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marburg%20disease.
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