English Explanatory Dictionary

reovirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a group of RNA viruses, of the family Reoviridae, that infect animals and some plants

Word forms

reovirus reoviruses

Etymology

The name "reo-" is an acronym for "respiratory enteric orphan" viruses

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