Norovirus

See also: norovirus

Translingual

Norwalk virus

Etymology

New Latin, from English Norwalk (“city in Connecticut”) +‎ -virus.

Proper noun

Norovirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Caliciviridae – certain caliciviruses.

Hypernyms

(genus): Riboviria - realm; Orthornavirae - kingdom; Pisuviricota - phylum; Pisoniviricetes - class; Picornavirales - order; Caliciviridae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Norwalk virus - sole species

References

Norovirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Norovirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Norovirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Norovirus at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
“Norovirus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English norovirus, from the town Norwalk + virus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Norovirus m or n (strong, genitive Norovirus, plural Noroviren)

(virology) norovirus

Declension

Declension of Norovirus [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Norovirus	die	Noroviren
genitive	eines	des	Norovirus	der	Noroviren
dative	einem	dem	Norovirus	den	Noroviren
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Norovirus	die	Noroviren

Further reading

“Norovirus” in Duden online

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