PICORNAVIRUS


Meaning of PICORNAVIRUS in English

pə̇¦kȯrnəˌ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary pico- + RNA + New Latin virus

: any of a family (Picornaviridae) of small single-stranded RNA viruses that have an icosahedral capsid but lack an envelope and that include the enteroviruses and the rhinoviruses

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.