"rotavirus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹəʊtəˌvaɪɹəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-rotavirus.wav Forms: rotaviruses [plural], rotavirusses [plural], rotavira [plural], rotaviri [plural, rare], rotavirii [plural, proscribed]
Etymology: From Latin rota (“wheel”) + virus. The name was first proposed in July 1974 in an article in The Lancet. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|rota|t=wheel}} Latin rota (“wheel”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|rotavirusses|rotavira|rotaviri|rotavirii|pl4qual=rare|pl5qual=proscribed|pl6qual=proscribed}} rotavirus (plural rotaviruses or rotavirusses or rotavira or (rare) rotaviri or (proscribed) rotavirii)
  1. Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals. Wikipedia link: The Lancet, Thomas Henry Flewett Categories (lifeform): Viruses Synonyms: duovirus [dated] Derived forms: antirotavirus, nonrotavirus, rotaviral, rotavirion, rotavirologist, rotavirology, rotaviruslike Translations (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses): 輪狀病毒 /轮状病毒 (lúnzhuàng bìngdú) (Chinese Mandarin), rotavirus [neuter] (Dutch), rotavirus (Finnish), rotavirus [masculine] (French), Rotavirus [masculine, neuter] (German), rotavírus (Hungarian), ロタウイルス (rota-uirusu) (Japanese), 로타바이러스 (rotabaireoseu) (Korean), rotavīrus [neuter] (Latin), huaketo puku (Maori), rotawirus (Polish), rotavírus [masculine] (Portuguese), ротави́рус (rotavírus) [masculine] (Russian), rotavirus [masculine] (Spanish)

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