English Explanatory Dictionary

orthomyxovirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.

Word forms

orthomyxovirus orthomyxoviruses

Etymology

From ortho- + myxovirus.

Related words

swine flu

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