¦hantə, ¦həntə, ¦häntəˌ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from hanta- (from the Hantaan River) + virus
: any of a genus ( Hantavirus of the family Bunyaviridae) of single-stranded RNA viruses that are transmitted by rodent feces and urine and cause a serious pulmonary disease and hemorrhagic fevers marked by renal necrosis