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

1 sense of green monkey disease

Sense 1
Marburg disease, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, green monkey disease -- (a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness)
       => 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)