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virology

/vaɪˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/

virology noun: the branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral diseases.

Noun

virology (usually uncountable, plural virologies)

  1. (usually) The branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral diseases.

virology meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

virology in Tamil

நச்சுயிரியல், வைரஸ் இயல், வைரசியல், வெருவியியல், நச்சுரி இயல்

virology in Tagalog

branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral disease
birolohiya

virology in Malay

branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral disease
virologi

virology in Indonesian

branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral disease
virologi
More languagesFewer languages
virology in Persian
ویرولوژی viroloži
virology in Thai
ไวรัสวิทยา
virology in Vietnamese
virus học, vi-rút học, siêu vi học, siêu vi khuẩn học

Forms of virology

pluralvirologies

Origin of virology

From viro- + -logy.

Words formed from virology

Words that rhyme with virology

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Questions about virology

What does virology mean?
Virology means the branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral diseases.
What is virology in Tamil?
Virology in Tamil is நச்சுயிரியல், வைரஸ் இயல், வைரசியல். See Virology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is virology?
Virology is a noun.
How do you pronounce virology?
Virology is pronounced /vaɪˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/.
What is the plural of virology?
The plural of virology is virologies.

Words near virology in the dictionary

  1. virological
  2. virologically
  3. virologies
  4. virologist
  5. virologists
  6. virology
  7. virolysis
  8. virolytic
  9. virome
  10. viromes
  11. virometric

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: virology (page history and authors); virology (Tamil 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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