influenza

influenza
in·flu·èn·za
s.f.
1a. AU azione, influsso esercitato da qcs. su eventi o persone: l'influenza della luna sulle maree, l'influenza del clima sulle coltivazioni; l'influenza della stampa sull'opinione pubblica, l'influenza della poesia provenzale sugli stilnovisti; centro di influenza, organismo culturale, economico, politico e sim. che influisce sulla società e sulla vita pubblica | TS astrol. → influsso
Sinonimi: condizionamento, incidenza, influsso, 1peso.
Contrari: ininfluenza.
1b. AU capacità di qcn. di influire sugli altri, ascendente: avere una notevole influenza su un amico, persona di grande influenza
Sinonimi: ascendente, autorevolezza, autorità.
Contrari: ininfluenza.
2a. AU TS med. virosi contagiosa non grave, caratterizzata spec. da febbre e affezioni delle vie respiratorie: prendersi, fare, avere l'influenza, vaccino contro l'influenza
2b. TS vet. analoga malattia virale che colpisce gli animali, spec. i cavalli
3. TS fis. non com. → induzione
4. OB il fluire, lo scorrere di un liquido
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DATA: 1304-08.
ETIMO: dal lat. mediev. influĕntĭa(m), v. anche influire; nell'accez. 1b cfr. fr. influence.

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  • influenza C — sē n influenza that is restricted to humans, that usu. occurs as a subclinical infection, that occurs in neither epidemics or pandemics, and that is caused by an orthomyxovirus (species Influenza C virus of the genus Influenzavirus C) * * *… …   Medical dictionary

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  • influenza — 1743, borrowed during an outbreak of the disease in Europe, from It. influenza influenza, epidemic, originally visitation, influence (of the stars), from M.L. influentia (see INFLUENCE (Cf. influence)). Used in Italian for diseases since at least …   Etymology dictionary

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