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Zika virus

Zika virus noun: a particular flavivirus, causing mild illness and linked with birth defects in humans.

Noun

Zika virus (uncountable)

  1. A particular flavivirus, causing mild illness and linked with birth defects in humans.

Forms of Zika virus

alternative formZIKV

Origin of Zika virus

After the Zika Forest in Uganda, from Luganda; see Zika Forest.

Questions about Zika virus

What does Zika virus mean?
Zika virus means a particular flavivirus, causing mild illness and linked with birth defects in humans.
What part of speech is Zika virus?
Zika virus is a noun.

Words near Zika virus in the dictionary

  1. Zijinshan
  2. zika
  3. Zika disease
  4. Zika fever
  5. Zika Forest
  6. Zika virus
  7. Zikas
  8. zikat
  9. Zikawei
  10. Zike
  11. Zikes

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