apabóla

Icelandic

Etymology

From api (“mokey”) +‎ bóla (“bubble”), analogous to hlaupabóla (“chickenpox, varicella”), kúabóla (“cowpox”).

Noun

apabóla f (genitive singular apabólu, nominative plural apabólur)

1. (virology) mpox, monkeypox
   • 2003 June 10, “Apabóla kemur upp vestra [Monkeypox appear in the West]”, in Morgunblaðið‎^[1]:

     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)‎^[2]:

     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)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	apabóla	apabólan	apabólur	apabólurnar
accusative	apabólu	apabóluna	apabólur	apabólurnar
dative	apabólu	apabólunni	apabólum	apabólunum
genitive	apabólu	apabólunnar	apabólna, apabóla	apabólnanna, apabólanna

Derived terms

• apabóluveira (“mpox virus, monkeypox virus”)
• apabóluvírus (“mpox virus, monkeypox virus”)
• apabólufaraldur (“mpox epidemic, monkeypox epidemic”)

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