FILOVIRUS


Meaning of FILOVIRUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfī-lō-ˌvī-rəs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin filum thread + New Latin -o- + virus

Date: 1989

: any of a family ( Filoviridae ) of single-stranded chiefly filamentous RNA viruses infecting vertebrates that includes the Marburg virus and the Ebola viruses

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.