ebola virus

1. 1.

   a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon

   Broaderfilovirus

   Part ofFiloviridae

Questions about ebola virus

What does ebola virus mean?

ebola virus means "a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon".

Is ebola virus a common word?

ebola virus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.