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green monkey disease

green monkey disease

9.9
A rare severe disease from green monkeys caused by a virus that can infect and kill people
  • noun
  • /ɡriːn ˈmʌnki dɪˈziːz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : enfermedad del mono verde
  • Laboratory workers developed symptoms of green monkey disease after accidental exposure to contaminated tissue.

Examples

  • The outbreak of green monkey disease alarmed health officials.

  • Researchers traced the outbreak of green monkey disease to a shipment of monkeys imported from Africa.

  • The spread of green monkey disease to humans has raised concerns about zoonotic transmission.

  • Scientists are studying green monkey diseases to understand their transmission.

  • Laboratory workers developed symptoms of green monkey disease after accidental exposure to contaminated tissue.

  • Researchers traced the outbreak of green monkey disease to a shipment of monkeys imported from Africa.

  • The spread of green monkey disease to humans has raised concerns about zoonotic transmission.

Synonyms

Marburg hemorrhagic fever
vsgreen monkey disease
  • Specialized
9.9

A rare serious disease caused by a virus that causes high fever and heavy bleeding and often leads to death

is defined by origin in a specific monkey species and transmission to humans
Marburg disease
vsgreen monkey disease
  • Specialized
9.2

A very serious disease caused by a virus that gives fever and heavy bleeding and often leads to death

is marked by origin in a particular monkey species and transmission to humans

Surface Forms

green monkey disease singular
green monkey diseases plural

Morphology

green + monkey + disease

The meaning is directly compositional: combining 'green' + 'monkey' + 'disease' yields 'a disease associated with green monkeys.' A B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer it denotes an illness connected to green monkeys (even if they lack specific medical knowledge), and this straightforward noun-noun-noun composition is cross-linguistically transparent.

Etymology

Green monkey disease comes from real lab cases: imported green monkeys from Africa carried a dangerous virus and people who handled them became very ill. So the name now refers to a rare, often serious 'disease' that can pass from those monkeys 'to humans'.