Phrase Hound found 46 phrases and 81 compound words that contain flu. The most common are listed below. Open flu in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 46
- bird fluAvian influenza.
- flu shotA vaccination against seasonal influenza.
- avian fluavian influenza
- Flu vaccine
- Flu virus
- flu shotsplural of flu shot: A vaccination against seasonal influenza.
- Flu pandemic
- swine fluInfluenza caused by certain orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.
- man fluA cold, influenza, or similar minor ailment as suffered by a male seen as wildly exaggerating the severity of his symptoms.
- Asian fluA form of influenza that originated in China and became a worldwide pandemic in the 1950s.
- flu-likeAlternative form of flulike: Resembling or characteristic of influenza.
- Spanish fluAlternative form of Spanish influenza: A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people.
- Kung FluAlternative form of kung flu.
- blue fluAn industrial action taken by members of the police, claiming sickness en masse.
- camel fluMiddle East respiratory syndrome
- flu maskA face mask designed to protect the wearer from contracting the flu virus.
- flu partySynonym of pox party. (Where "flu" is treated as an infectious disease in general, and not influenza in particular.)
- flu-fluA kind of arrow designed to travel only a short distance, sometimes used by learners or for shooting at aerial targets.
- Mexican FluAlternative letter-case form of Mexican flu.
- Russian fluThe form of influenza that caused a pandemic in 1889 and 1890.
- super fluAlternative spelling of superflu: Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.
- stomach fluGastroenteritis.
- pig fluswine flu
- tomato fluAn illness endemic to Kerala, India identified in 2022.
- Hong Kong fluA form of influenza caused by an H3N2 strain of the influenza A virus, descended from H2N2 through antigenic shift, that killed around one million people worldwide during an outbreak in 1968 and 1969.
Compound words 81
- fluronaA rare double infection of influenza and COVID-19.
- antifluActing against or serving to prevent flu.
- flueyDowny; fluffy.
- fluishCharacteristic of influenza; flulike.
- flunamiAn extreme influenza outbreak.
- fluentThat flows; flowing, liquid.
- fluidsplural of fluid: Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
- flutedHaving flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight.
- flushedRed in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
- TamifluA trade name for oseltamivir, an antiviral drug used to treat influenza.