At 12:36 PM 1/18/1999, Nasrullah Idris wrote:
|Influensa berasal dari Bahasa Arab, Alfu Anza alias Hidung Kambing
Sebelum ngawur jadi 'ngelmu gothak-gathuk', sebaiknya buka kamus dulu untuk
mendapatkan definisi yang sudah baku. Misalnya dari Merriam-Webster ...
Main Entry: influenza
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, literally, influence, from Medieval Latin influentia;
from the belief that epidemics were due to the 'influence' of the stars
Date: 1743
1 : an acute highly contagious virus disease caused by various strains of
a myxovirus (family Orthomyxoviridae) and characterized by sudden onset,
fever, prostration, severe aches and pains, and progressive inflammation
of the respiratory mucous membrane; broadly : a human respiratory
infection of undetermined cause
2 : any of numerous febrile usually virus diseases of domestic animals
marked by respiratory symptoms, inflammation of mucous membranes,
and often systemic involvement
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