Ebola virus
Ebola virus noun: any extremely contagious filovirus infection of African origin that causes Ebola fever, spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles, caused by the viruses in genus Ebolavirus.
Noun
Ebola virus (uncountable)
- Any extremely contagious filovirus infection of African origin that causes Ebola fever, spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles, caused by the viruses in genus Ebolavirus.
Ebola virus meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian
Ebola virus in Tamil
- virus
- புலைக்காய்ச்சல் நச்சுயிரி புலை நச்சுயிரி pulaikkāyccal naccuyiri pulai naccuyiri
Ebola virus in Arabic
- virus
- فِيرُوس إِيبُولَا fīrūs ʔībūlā
Ebola virus in Persian
- virus
- ویروس ابولا virus-e ebolâ
Origin of Ebola virus
After Ebola river (area of discovery of type species) + virus. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control or Belgian researchers.
Questions about Ebola virus
- What does Ebola virus mean?
- Ebola virus means any extremely contagious filovirus infection of African origin that causes Ebola fever, spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles, caused by the viruses in genus Ebolavirus.
- What is Ebola virus in Tamil?
- Ebola virus in Tamil is புலைக்காய்ச்சல் நச்சுயிரி புலை நச்சுயிரி (pulaikkāyccal naccuyiri pulai naccuyiri). See Ebola virus meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Ebola virus?
- Ebola virus is a noun.
Words near Ebola virus in the dictionary
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