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Icelandic
Etymology
From api (“mokey”) + bóla (“bubble”), analogous to hlaupabóla (“chickenpox, varicella”), kúabóla (“cowpox”).
Noun
apabóla f (genitive singular apabólu, nominative plural apabólur)
- (virology) mpox, monkeypox
2003 June 10, “Apabóla kemur upp vestra ”, in Morgunblaðið:TALIÐ er að 33 menn í þremur af miðversturríkjum Bandaríkjanna kunni að hafa smitast af svonefndri apabólu, sjúkdómi sem er skyldur bólusott og getur verið banvænn.- It is believed that 33 people in three Midwestern US states may have contracted the so-called monkeypox, a disease which is related to smallpox and can be deadly.
2023 February 15, “Apabóla”, in Heilsuvera (National Citizen Health Portal):Apabóla (e. monkeypox) er sjaldgæfur veirusjúkdómur sem getur smitast á milli manna.- Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that can be transmitted from person to person.
Declension
Declension of
apabóla (
feminine, based on bóla)
Derived terms
Collocations
- að fá apabólu ― to get mpox/monkeypox, to catch mpox/monkeypox
- að smitast af apabólu ― to contract mpox/monkeypox, to get infected with mpox/monkeypox