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Ebola (virus) definition

Ebola (virus) (ē bō′lə)

an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death

Etymology: after Ebola River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, near which there was an outbreak of the virus in 1976

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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