rotavirus en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɹəʊtəˌvaɪɹəs/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English rotavirus From Latin rota (“wheel”) + virus. The name was first proposed in July 1974 in an article in The Lancet.
Meanings
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Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.
We propose therefore that these reovirus-like or orbivirus-like enteritis viruses of calves and children are in a group separate from both orbiviruses and reoviruses, and we suggest that the term “rotavirus” (from the Latin rota, a wheel) should be used for them.
[1974 July 13, Flewett, T. H., Bryden, A. S., Davies, H., Woode, G. N., Bridger, J. C., Derrick, J. M., “Relation between viruses from acute gastroenteritis of children and newborn calves”, in The Lancet, volume 304, number 7872, →DOI, page 63:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rotavirusses | Number=Plur | rare | lexicographic |
| rotaviri | Number=Plur | proscribed | lexicographic |
| rotavirii | Number=Plur | proscribed | lexicographic |
| rotaviruses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| rotavira | Number=Plur | rare | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rotavirology · rotavirion · rotaviral · antirotavirus · pararotavirus · rotaviruslike · rotavirologist · nonrotavirus
Synonyms
Translations (15)
la rotavīrus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · es rotavirus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · sk rotavírus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · nl rotavirus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · hu rotavírus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · fi rotavirus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · pt rotavírus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · mi huaketo puku (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · cmn 輪狀病毒 /轮状病毒 (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · pl rotawirus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · ru ротави́рус (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · ko 로타바이러스 (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · de Rotavirus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · fr rotavirus (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses) · ja ロタウイルス (any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses)