English Explanatory Dictionary

duovirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Rotavirus.

Word forms

duovirus duoviruses

Etymology

So called because these viruses replicate in the duodenum and, at the time, were thought to have a double protein outer coat; see duo.

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