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adenovirus

/əˈdɛnəʊˌvaɪɹəs/

adenovirus noun: any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans.

Noun

adenovirus (plural adenoviruses)

  1. Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans

adenovirus meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Malay

adenovirus in Tamil

அடினோவைரசு

adenovirus in Urdu

وائرَس کی ایک قسم, غُدّی وائرَس, غُدّی سَمایَہ

adenovirus in Kannada

ಸುರಿಗೆನಂಜುಳ

adenovirus in Malay

a virus of the family Adenoviridae
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adenovirus in Indonesian
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Forms of adenovirus

pluraladenoviruses

Origin of adenovirus

From adeno- + virus, after the human adenoid tissue from which it was isolated.

Words formed from adenovirus

Questions about adenovirus

What does adenovirus mean?
Adenovirus means any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans.
What is adenovirus in Tamil?
Adenovirus in Tamil is அடினோவைரசு. See Adenovirus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adenovirus?
Adenovirus is a noun.
How do you pronounce adenovirus?
Adenovirus is pronounced /əˈdɛnəʊˌvaɪɹəs/.
What is the plural of adenovirus?
The plural of adenovirus is adenoviruses.

Words near adenovirus in the dictionary

  1. adenovirion
  2. adenovirions
  3. adenovirologist
  4. adenovirologists
  5. adenovirology
  6. adenovirus
  7. adenoviruses
  8. Adens
  9. adenyl
  10. adenyl cyclase
  11. adenylase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adenovirus (page history and authors); adenovirus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adenovirus (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adenovirus (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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