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Definitions

flu

[floo] / flu /

NOUN

ailment

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ache condition disease disorder illness malady syndrome

STRONG

bug complaint dose indisposition infirmity

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health

NOUN

disease

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Cancer bug condition contamination defect disorder epidemic fever illness infection inflammation malady plague sickness stroke syndrome virus

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ache affection attack blight breakdown canker collapse complaint contagion convulsions debility decrepitude distemper endemic feebleness fit hemorrhage indisposition infirmity misery seizure spell temperature unhealthiness unsoundness upset visitation

WEAK

ill health pathosis sickliness

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advantage good health health

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ability blessing boon happiness soundness strength

NOUN

illness

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ailment breakdown collapse disability disorder disturbance ill health malady relapse seizure sickness syndrome virus

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affliction attack bug complaint confinement convalescence dose fit indisposition infirmity malaise prostration

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ailing diseasedness failing health poor health unhealth what's going around

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health order

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aid good health healthiness

WEAK

well-being wellness

NOUN

indigestion

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heartburn nausea

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acidosis dyspepsia flatulence gas pain

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acid indigestion digestive upset dyspepsy gaseous stomach

NOUN

infection

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bug disease epidemic pollution virus

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contagion corruption defilement germs impurity poison

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communicability contagiousness insanitation septicity what's going around

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WEAK

sanitation sterility

NOUN

infirmity

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affliction ailment deficiency frailty ill health imperfection malady

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confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect disease disorder failing fault feebleness indisposition malaise shortcoming unhealthiness unwellness vulnerability

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ailing diseasedness sickliness unhealth

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health perfection

STRONG

ability advantage improvement soundness strength strong point

WEAK

good health healthiness robustness

NOUN

insubstantiality

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affliction ailment confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect deficiency delicacy disease disorder failing fault feebleness flimsiness fragility frailness frailty imperfection indisposition malady malaise puniness shortcoming unhealthiness unsoundness unwellness vulnerability weakness

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ailing delicateness diseasedness fragileness ill health sickliness unhealth unsubstantiality weakliness

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ability advantage health improvement perfection soundness strength strong point

NOUN

malady

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Cancer ache affliction ailment blight disability disorder epidemic fever illness infection infirmity inflammation sickness syndrome virus

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affection attack bug complaint condition contagion debility distemper plague

WEAK

ill health

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comfort good health health relief strength

NOUN

puniness

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affliction ailment confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect deficiency delicacy disease disorder failing fault feebleness flimsiness fragility frailness frailty imperfection indisposition insubstantiality malady malaise shortcoming unhealthiness unsoundness unwellness vulnerability weakness

WEAK

ailing delicateness diseasedness fragileness ill health sickliness unhealth unsubstantiality weakliness

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ability advantage health improvement perfection soundness strength strong point

NOUN

unsoundness

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affliction ailment confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect deficiency delicacy disease disorder failing fault feebleness flimsiness fragility frailness frailty imperfection indisposition insubstantiality malady malaise puniness shortcoming unhealthiness unwellness vulnerability weakness

WEAK

ailing delicateness diseasedness fragileness ill health sickliness unhealth unsubstantiality weakliness

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ability advantage health improvement perfection soundness strength strong point

NOUN

unsubstantiality

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affliction ailing ailment confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect deficiency delicacy delicateness disease diseasedness disorder failing fault feebleness flimsiness fragileness fragility frailness frailty ill health imperfection indisposition insubstantiality malady malaise puniness shortcoming sickliness unhealth unhealthiness unsoundness unwellness vulnerability weakliness weakness

NOUN

weakliness

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WEAK

Example Sentences

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It isn’t airborne like Covid or the flu, and you can’t get Ebola simply from being near a person with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Ebola is caused by a virus and initially causes symptoms similar to the flu, with fever, headache and tiredness.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

There have been nine such declarations, including the Ebola outbreak in 2013, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the swine flu pandemic in 2009.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

It requires close contact of less than one meter for 30 minutes, he said, adding that hantavirus is "much less transmissible" than Covid-19 or the flu.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Lying in one place for this long is for bedtime or getting over the flu.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

flu

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