winter vomiting disease en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) The gastroenteritic illness caused by noroviruses.
...epidemic collapse, epidemic nausea and vomiting, winter vomiting disease, severe gastroenteritis in infants and children, and sporadic gastroenteritis.
2001, James A Listorti, Fadi M Doumani, Environmental Health: Bridging the Gaps:In 1968 an outbreak of acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis (winter vomiting disease) occurred in elementary school students in Norwalk, Ohio.
1981, Saul Krugman, Samuel L Katz, Infectious Diseases of Children:
Translations (3)
sv vinterkräksjuka (the gastroenteritic illness caused by noroviruses) · da roskildesyge (the gastroenteritic illness caused by noroviruses) · ca malaltia dels vòmits d'hivern (the gastroenteritic illness caused by noroviruses)