Ebola
noun /iˈbəʊlə/
/iˈbəʊlə/
(also Ebola fever
[uncountable] /iˌbəʊlə ˈfiːvə(r)/
/iˌbəʊlə ˈfiːvər/
)- a very serious disease, caused by a virus, that causes internal parts of the body to lose blood and usually ends in deathTopics Illnessc2Word Origin1976: named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), near which the disease was first observed.