"superflu" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superflu.wav Forms: superflus [plural]
Etymology: From super- + flu. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|flu}} super- + flu Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} superflu (usually uncountable, plural superflus)
  1. Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment. Tags: uncountable, usually

Inflected forms

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