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microclimate (iou) and Influenza (medicine)


microclimate (iou)



microclimate noun. E20.
[from MICRO- + CLIMATE.]
The climate of a very small or restricted area, or of the immediate surroundings of an object, esp. where this differs from the climate generally.
F. Pohl Outside..the microclimate of my little Garden..the air was too thin and too dry.
microcli'matic adjective E20.
microcli'matically adverb M20.

Influenza (medicine)


influenza


An acute viral infection involving the respiratory tract, occurring in isolated cases, in epidemics or in pandemics striking many continents simultaneously or in sequence. It is marked by inflammation of the nasal mucosa, the pharynx and conjunctiva and by headache and severe, often generalised myalgia. Fever, chills and prostration are common. Involvement of the myocardium and of the central nervous system occur infrequently. A necrotising bronchitis and interstitial pneumonia are prominent features of severe influenza and account for the susceptibility of patients to secondary bacterial pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus. The incubation period is one to three days and the disease ordinarily lasts for three to ten days. Influenza is caused by a number of serologically distinct strains of virus, designated A (with many subgroups), B and C.

Synonym: flu, grippe.