Ebola

Meanings

Proper Noun

• river Democratic Republic of the Congo (country).

Noun

• The Ebola virus.
• Ebola fever.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• Ebola zaire, Ebola reston

Broader meaning words

• filovirus

Origin

• Named after the river, which flowed near the first outbreak of Ebola that was first identified as Ebola. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control or Belgian researchers.