Ebola fever

English

Etymology

Named after the Ebola River.

Noun

Ebola fever (uncountable)

1. (pathology) An extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus, characterised by fever and internal bleeding, contracted through infected body fluids.

Translations

illness caused by the Ebola virus

• Arabic: حُمَّى اَلْإِيبُولَا f (ḥummā l-ʔibūlā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃博拉病 (Āibólā bìng), 埃博拉出血熱／埃博拉出血热 (zh) (Āibólā chūxiěrè)

• Danish: ebola (da), ebolafeber
• French: fièvre Ebola f
• German: Ebolafieber (de) n
• Greek: αιμορραγικός πυρετός του Έμπολα m (aimorragikós pyretós tou Émpola)
• Japanese: エボラ出血熱 (ja) (エボラしゅっけつねつ, Ebora shukketsunetsu)
• Russian: лихора́дка Эбо́ла (ru) f (lixorádka Ebóla)
• Swahili: Maradhi ya virusi ya ebola
• Swedish: ebolafeber (sv) c, ebola (sv) c
• Tamil: புலைக்காய்ச்சல் (pulaikkāyccal)