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 Health problemsc2Word Origin1976: named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), near which the disease was first observed.
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