Russian flu

noun

The form of influenza that caused a pandemic in 1889 and 1890.

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Meanings

nounRussian flu (uncountable)
  1. uncountableepidemiologyThe form of influenza that caused a pandemic in 1889 and 1890.
  2. uncountableepidemiologyThe form of influenza that caused a pandemic in 1977.
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