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adenovirus

noun
/əˈdɛnəʊˌvaɪɹəs/

Etymology

From adeno- + virus, after the human adenoid tissue from which it was isolated.

  1. derived from *wisós✻
  2. derived from *weizos✻
  3. derived from vīrus
  4. inherited from virus
  5. prefixed as adenovirus — “adeno + virus”

Definitions

  1. Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory…

    Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for adenovirus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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