ROTAVIRUS

rotavirus

(noun) the reovirus causing infant enteritis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rotavirus (plural rotaviruses)

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

Synonyms

• duovirus (dated)

Source: Wiktionary



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29 June 2024

INITIALISM

(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”


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