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grippe

  [grip]
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–noun Pathology. (formerly)
influenza.
Origin:
1770–80; < F, n. deriv. of gripper to seize suddenly < Gmc; akin to grip, gripe

Related forms:
grippal, adjective
grippelike, adjective
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grippe also grip   (grĭp)   
n.  See influenza.

[French, from Old French, claw, quarrel, from gripper, to seize, grasp, from Frankish *grīpan.]
grip'py adj.
in·flu·en·za   (ĭn'flōō-ěn'zə)   
n.  

  1. An acute contagious viral infection characterized by inflammation of the respiratory tract and by fever, chills, muscular pain, and prostration. Also called grippe.

  2. Any of various viral infections of domestic animals characterized generally by fever and respiratory involvement.


[Italian, from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, influence (so called apparently from the belief that epidemics were due to the influence of the stars); see influence.]
in'flu·en'zal adj.
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Word Origin & History

grippe 
1776, from Fr. grippe "influenza," originally "seizure," from gripper "to grasp, hook," of Frank. origin, from P.Gmc. *gripanan (see grip). Supposedly in reference to constriction of the throat felt by sufferers; the word spread through European languages after the influenza epidemic during the Rus. occupation of Prussia in the Seven Years' War (c.1760).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: grippe
Pronunciation: 'grip
Function: noun
: an acute febrile contagious virus disease; especially : INFLUENZA 1a —grippy /'grip-E/ adjective
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grippe or grip (grĭp)
n.
See influenza.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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