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单词 marburg disease
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Marburg disease


noun Pathology.

a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys.
Also called green monkey disease, Mar·burg-Eb·o·la disease [mahr-burg-eb-uh-luh]. /ˈmɑr bɜrgˈɛb ə lə/.

Origin of Marburg disease

after Marburg, where laboratory workers caught the disease from infected monkeys in 1967; and Ebola, river and region in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an outbreak occurred in 1976

Words nearby Marburg disease

marbles, marblewood, marbling, marbly, Marburg, Marburg disease, Marburg virus, Marburg virus disease, Marbury versus Madison, marc, Marcacci's muscle
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British Dictionary definitions for Marburg disease

Marburg disease

noun

a severe, sometimes fatal, viral disease of the green monkey, which may be transmitted to humans. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, and internal bleedingAlso called: green monkey disease

Word Origin for Marburg disease

C20 after Marburg, in which the first human cases were recorded
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