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flavivirus

flavivirus noun: any arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus, many of which are transmitted by ticks or mosquitos.

Noun

flavivirus (plural flaviviruses)

  1. Any arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus, many of which are transmitted by ticks or mosquitos

Forms of flavivirus

pluralflaviviruses

Origin of flavivirus

From the genus name.

Words formed from flavivirus

Questions about flavivirus

What does flavivirus mean?
Flavivirus means any arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus, many of which are transmitted by ticks or mosquitos.
What part of speech is flavivirus?
Flavivirus is a noun.
What is the plural of flavivirus?
The plural of flavivirus is flaviviruses.

Words near flavivirus in the dictionary

  1. Flavius
  2. flaviviral
  3. flavivirid
  4. flavivirids
  5. flavivirology
  6. flavivirus
  7. flaviviruses
  8. flavo-
  9. flavobacteria
  10. flavobacterial
  11. flavobacterioses

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