HANTAVIRUS

Meaning of HANTAVIRUS in English

[ 'hantəˌvʌɪrəs ]

■ noun a virus of a genus carried by rodents and causing various febrile haemorrhagic diseases, often with kidney damage or failure.

Origin

1980s: from Hantaan (a river in Korea where the virus was first isolated).

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HANTAVIRUS
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HANTAVIRUS — Genus of pneumonia and {{link=hemorrhagic fever">hemorrhagic fevers . Carried by rodents, they spread to humans directly or by inhalation but …
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HANTAVIRUS
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANTAVIRUS — /hahn"teuh vuy'reuhs, han"-/ , n. , pl. hantaviruses . any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANTAVIRUS — n. type of virus carried by rats that causes hemorrhaging fever and pneumonia
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HANTAVIRUS
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANTAVIRUS — n. Genus of viruses of the family Bunyaviridae that cause pneumonia and hemorrhagic fevers . Carried by rodents, they spread …
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HANTAVIRUS
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HANTAAN VIRUS — ˈhantə.ən, ˈhən-, ˈhän- noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: from the Hantaan River in South Korea near where rodents carrying …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNRECOGNIZED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB previously ▪ This intensive investigative process revealed infection by a previously unrecognized hantavirus. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VIRUS — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Viruses actinophage morbillivirus adenovirus myxovirus alphavirus oncornavirus arbovirus orbivirus arenavirus papillomavirus bacteriophage papovavirus baculovirus …
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