Marburg disease
- noun
- /ˈmɑːrbɜrɡ dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Marburgo
- Reports indicate that patients suffering from Marburg disease often experience severe bleeding and organ failure.
Examples
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An outbreak of Marburg disease caused panic due to its high fatality rate.
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Several patients infected with Marburg disease were treated in strict isolation units.
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Scientists are researching vaccines to prevent the spread of Marburg disease.
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Is Marburg disease fatal?
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Doctors are concerned about Marburg disease outbreaks in Africa.
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An outbreak of Marburg disease in the region has led to increased health precautions due to its severe symptoms.
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Researchers are developing a new vaccine to combat Marburg disease and its rapid spread among populations.
Synonyms
A rare serious disease caused by a virus that causes high fever and heavy bleeding and often leads to death
A rare severe disease from green monkeys caused by a virus that can infect and kill people
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Marburg + disease
A B1 learner who knows 'disease' will recognize the phrase as naming a medical condition, but 'Marburg' is a proper name (place/virus) and provides no predictable information about symptoms, severity, or cause. The pattern of naming diseases after places or people is cross-linguistically common, so learners can infer category but not the specific clinical meaning, making partial but not full transparency.
Etymology
Marburg disease is named after the German town Marburg, where lab workers in 1967 first became very sick after handling monkeys brought from Africa. That's why Marburg disease now means a 'very serious' and often 'deadly' viral illness.