Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ebola_fever

1 sense of ebola fever

Sense 1
Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever, Ebola -- (a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa)
       => hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF -- (a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage)