(n) an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon
(n) a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged, Syn. Cooley's anaemia, thalassemia major, thalassaemia major
(n) the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers, Syn. Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City