English Explanatory Dictionary

girus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a type of giant virus, a giant nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus (giant NCLDV)
  2. Synonym of giant virus.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/

Word forms

girus giruses

Etymology

Blend of giant + virus; coined by J M Claverie, H Ogata, S Audic, C Abergel, K Suhre, P E Fournier, in a 2006 paper in Virus Research (DOI 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.01.008).

Synonyms

giant virus

Related words

gyrus
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