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avian influenza

[ ey-vee-uhn in-floo-en-zuh ]

noun

, Pathology
  1. a form of influenza that afflicts poultry and other birds, and that is transmissible to humans:

    An earlier outbreak of avian influenza had been reported in the Northeast last month.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of avian influenza1

First recorded in 1965–70

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Example Sentences

There are so many avian-influenza people that are involved in this effort.

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