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FLU


Definition: an acute, commonly epidemic disease occurring in several forms, caused by numerous rapidly mutating viral strains and characterized by respiratory symptoms and general prostration.

Conceptual Structures
ISAINFECTIOUS-AND-PARASITIC-DISEASE
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
INFECTIOUS-AND-PARASITIC-DISEASE
LIVING-EVENT
PHYSICAL-EVENT
INHERITED
RELATIONS
AFFECTS-TISSUE : TISSUE (from DISEASE-EVENT)
AGENT : ANIMAL (from LIVING-EVENT)
DIAGNOSED-WITH : DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE (from DISEASE-EVENT)
DIAGNOSED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : MEDICAL-DEVICE (from DISEASE-EVENT)
EXPERIENCER : PATIENT (from DISEASE-EVENT)
LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-EVENT)
THEME : OBJECT (from CHANGE-STATE)
TREATED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : PHARMACEUTICAL-MATERIAL (from DISEASE-EVENT)
INHERITED
ATTRIBUTES
DIRECTION-OF-CHANGE : NEGATIVE (from CHANGE-STATE)
    POSITIVE (from
CHANGE-STATE)
TYPE-OF-CHANGE : PHYSICAL (from DISEASE-EVENT)
    MENTAL (from
DISEASE-EVENT)