Rotavirus

See also: rotavirus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin rota (“wheel”) +‎ -virus.

Proper noun

Rotavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Reoviridae – RNA viruses, some of which cause acute enteritis in humans.

Hypernyms

(genus): Riboviria - realm; Orthornavirae - kingdom; Duplornaviricota - phylum; Resentoviricetes - class; Reovirales - order; Reoviridae - family; Sedoreovirinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Rotavirus A - type species; Rotavirus B, Rotavirus C, Rotavirus D, Rotavirus E, Rotavirus F, Rotavirus G, Rotavirus H, Rotavirus I, Rotavirus J - other species

References

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

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