POXVIRUS

Meaning of POXVIRUS in English

/poks"vuy'reuhs/ , n. pl. poxviruses .

any of a group of large, brick-shaped DNA-containing viruses that infect humans and other animals, including the viruses of smallpox and various other poxes.

[ 1940-45; POX + VIRUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

POXVIRUS — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1941 any of a family ( Poxviridae ) of brick-shaped or ovoid double-stranded DNA viruses …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POXVIRUS — Any of a group of virus es responsible for a wide range of pox diseases in humans and other animals. …
Английский словарь Британика
POXVIRUS — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: New Latin, from English pox (I) + New Latin virus : any of a family …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POXVIRUS — n. any infectious virus that causes smallpox chickenpox or other related diseases
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POXVIRUS — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1941 : any of a family ( Poxviridae ) of brick-shaped or ovoid double-stranded DNA …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POXVIRUS — ■ noun Medicine any of a group of large DNA viruses that cause smallpox and similar infectious diseases.
Concise Oxford English vocab
POXVIRUS — [pox.vi.rus] n (1941): any of a group of relatively large round, brick-shaped, or ovoid DNA-containing animal viruses (as the causative …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POXVIRUS — any of a group of viruses constituting the family Poxviridae, responsible for a wide range of pox diseases in human …
Britannica English vocabulary
POXVIRUS — n. Any of a group of virus es responsible for a wide range of pox diseases in humans and other …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POXVIRUS — one of a large family of viruses (e.g., smallpox) that typically cause skin eruptions.
AIDS English Glossary
POXVIRUS — n. Pronunciation: ' päks- ˌ v ī -r ə s Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1941 : any of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VACCINIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from vaccinus Date: 1803 a poxvirus (species Vaccinia virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus ) that differs …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SMALLPOX — noun Date: 1518 an acute contagious febrile disease of humans that is caused by a poxvirus (species Variola virus of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COWPOX — noun Date: 1798 a mild eruptive disease of the cow that is caused by a poxvirus (species Cowpox virus of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VIRUS — I Microscopic, simple infectious agent that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria. Viruses are much …
Английский словарь Британика
ORF — n. very contagious virus disease that affects goats and sheep caused by a poxvirus and characterized by blisters on the …
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VACCINIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from vaccinus Date: 1803 1. : a poxvirus (species Vaccinia virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SMALLPOX — noun Date: 1518 : an acute contagious febrile disease of humans that is caused by a poxvirus (species Variola virus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MYXOMATOSIS — noun Etymology: New Latin, from myxomat-, myxoma Date: 1927 : a condition characterized by the presence of myxomas in the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COWPOX — noun Date: 1798 : a mild eruptive disease of the cow that is caused by a poxvirus (species Cowpox virus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ORF — ■ noun an infectious disease of sheep and goats caused by a poxvirus, characterized by skin lesions and secondary bacterial …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SMALLPOX — [small.pox] n (1518): an acute contagious febrile disease caused by a poxvirus and characterized by skin eruption with pustules, sloughing, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MYXOMATOSIS — [myx.o.ma.to.sis] n [NL, fr. myxomat-, myxoma] (1927): a condition characterized by the presence of myxomas in the body; specif: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HERPES ZOSTER — [herpes zos.ter] n [NL, lit., girdle herpes] (1807): an acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHICKEN POX — [chicken pox] n (ca. 1738): an acute contagious disease esp. of children marked by low-grade fever and formation of vesicles …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VIRUS — n. Microscopic, simple infectious agent that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria. Viruses are much …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VIRUS — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Viruses actinophage morbillivirus adenovirus myxovirus alphavirus oncornavirus arbovirus orbivirus arenavirus papillomavirus bacteriophage papovavirus baculovirus …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CANARYPOX — a poxvirus that typically infects canaries and is used in human vaccine research.
AIDS English Glossary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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