First Known Use: 1976
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Ebola virus
noun
Definition of EBOLA VIRUS
: any of several filoviruses (genus Ebolavirus and especially species Zaire ebolavirus) of African origin that cause an often fatal hemorrhagic fever
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Origin of EBOLA VIRUS
Ebola River, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Medical Dictionary
Ebola virus
noun
Medical Definition of EBOLA VIRUS
: any of several single-stranded RNA viruses of the family Filoviridae (especially species Zaire Ebola virus) of African origin that cause an often fatal hemorrhagic fever
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