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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/ Forms: giruses [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪɹəs Etymology: Blend of giant + virus; coined by J M Claverie, H Ogata, S Audic, C Abergel, K Suhre, P E Fournier, in a 2006 paper in Virus Research. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|giant|virus}} Blend of giant + virus Head templates: {{en-noun}} girus (plural giruses)
  1. (virology) a type of giant virus, a giant nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus (giant NCLDV)
    Sense id: en-girus-en-noun-vCKmq0yF Categories (other): Virology, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology
  2. (by extension, informal) Synonym of giant virus. Tags: broadly, informal Synonyms: giant virus [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-girus-en-noun--hdjf3DI Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gyrus

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: /ˈɡirus/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈɡi.rʊs] [Standard-Indonesian] Forms: girus-girus [plural]
Rhymes: -irus Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circuit, course, ring”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Etymology templates: {{lbor|id|la|gȳrus|t=circle; circuit, course, ring}} Learned borrowing from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circuit, course, ring”), {{der|id|grc|γῦρος}} Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros) Head templates: {{id-noun}} girus (plural girus-girus)
  1. (neuroanatomy) gyrus (a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain) Synonyms: gelung

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gyrus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|la|gyrus}} Borrowed from Latin gyrus Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|girusuri}} girus n (plural girusuri) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|gpd=girusurilor|gpi=girusuri|gsd=girusului|gsi=girus|n=|npd=girusurile|npi=girusuri|nsd=girusul|nsi=girus|vp=girusurilor|vs=girusule|vs2=}} Forms: girusuri [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], girus [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], girusul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], girusuri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], girusurile [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], girus [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], girusului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], girusuri [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], girusurilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], girusule [singular, vocative], girusurilor [plural, vocative]
  1. gyrus Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-girus-ro-noun-pubm8ZQY Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "girusurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "girusuri"
      },
      "expansion": "girus n (plural girusuri)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "gpd": "girusurilor",
        "gpi": "girusuri",
        "gsd": "girusului",
        "gsi": "girus",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "girusurile",
        "npi": "girusuri",
        "nsd": "girusul",
        "nsi": "girus",
        "vp": "girusurilor",
        "vs": "girusule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gyrus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gyrus",
          "gyrus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "girus"
}

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