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Ebola

proper noun

  1. disease
  2. virus
  3. river
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪˈbəʊlə/ / /iˈboʊlə/ / /ɪˈboʊlə/

name

Etymology: From French Ebola, from Northern Ngbandi Legbala (literally “white water”).

  1. A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Ebola.

    [A] single droplet of blood no bigger than this ‘o’ may contain 100 million ebola particles.