English Explanatory Dictionary

ebolavirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several viruses, of the genus Ebolavirus, responsible for hemorrhagic fever.

Word forms

ebolavirus ebolaviruses

Etymology

After Ebola river (area of discovery of type species) -virus. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control or Belgian researchers.

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