virino

English

Noun

virino (plural virinos)

  1. (biology) A hypothetical infectious particle, consisting of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins, once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.

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Etymology

From viro (man) + -ino (female).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [viˈrino]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ri‧no

Noun

virino (accusative singular virinon, plural virinoj, accusative plural virinojn)

  1. woman
    Synonym: ino
    Antonym: viro
    La virino amas la viron.
    The woman loves the man.
    Tiu virino belegas, ĉu vi ne konsentas?
    That woman is gorgeous, don't you agree?

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Italian

Verb

virino

  1. inflection of virare:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

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