rotavirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.

/ˈɹəʊtəˌvaɪɹəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-rotavirus.wav

rotavirus rotaviruses rotavirusses rotavira rotaviri rotavirii

From Latin rota (“wheel”) + virus. The name was first proposed in July 1974 in an article in The Lancet.

duovirus

antirotavirus nonrotavirus pararotavirus rotaviral rotavirion rotavirologist rotavirology rotaviruslike

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