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grippe
also grip (grĭp)n.
See influenza.
[French, from Old French, claw, quarrel, from gripper, to seize, grasp, from Frankish *grīpan.]
grip′py adj.
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grippe
(ɡrɪp) orgrip
n
(Pathology) a former name for influenza
[C18: from French grippe, from gripper to seize, of Germanic origin; see grip1]
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grippe
(grɪp)n.
Older Use. influenza.
grip′py, adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.
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Noun | 1. | grippe - an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact Asian influenza, Asiatic flu - influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957 swine flu, swine influenza - an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system |
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