rotavirus

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See also: Rotavirus and rotavírus

English

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Rotaviruses in the faeces of an infected child

Etymology

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From Latin rota (wheel) + virus. The name was first proposed in July 1974 in an article in The Lancet.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊtəˌvaɪɹəs/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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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.
    • [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:
      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.]

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References

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  1. ^ Flewett, T. H., Bryden, A. S., Davies, H., Woode, G. N., Bridger, J. C., Derrick, J. M. (1974 July 13) “Relation between viruses from acute gastroenteritis of children and newborn calves”, in The Lancet, volume 304, number 7872, →DOI, page 63: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.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English rotavirus).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrotɑʋirus/, [ˈro̞t̪ɑ̝ˌʋirus̠]
  • Rhymes: -irus
  • Hyphenation(key): ro‧ta‧vi‧rus

Noun

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rotavirus

  1. rotavirus

Declension

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Inflection of rotavirus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative rotavirus rotavirukset
genitive rotaviruksen rotavirusten
rotaviruksien
partitive rotavirusta rotaviruksia
illative rotavirukseen rotaviruksiin
singular plural
nominative rotavirus rotavirukset
accusative nom. rotavirus rotavirukset
gen. rotaviruksen
genitive rotaviruksen rotavirusten
rotaviruksien
partitive rotavirusta rotaviruksia
inessive rotaviruksessa rotaviruksissa
elative rotaviruksesta rotaviruksista
illative rotavirukseen rotaviruksiin
adessive rotaviruksella rotaviruksilla
ablative rotavirukselta rotaviruksilta
allative rotavirukselle rotaviruksille
essive rotaviruksena rotaviruksina
translative rotavirukseksi rotaviruksiksi
abessive rotaviruksetta rotaviruksitta
instructive rotaviruksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rotavirus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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rotavirus m (plural rotavirus)

  1. (virology) rotavirus

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