All 4 Uses
influenza
in
The Impossible Knife of Memory
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- Finn's mother had taken an unplanned trip to Boston because his dad had the flu.†
p. 220.3 *the flu = influenza -- a highly contagious respiratory disease
- We both stayed home for a few days after that, feeling like we were coming down with the flu.†
p. 314.9
- No. It's ...the flu.†
p. 340.4
- Dad had the flu.†
p. 342.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(influenza) highly contagious respiratory disease commonly called the flu
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)