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Definition: Rhinovirus |
RhinovirusNoun1. Any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A genus of Picornaviridae inhabiting primarily the respiratory tract of mammalian hosts. It includes the human strains associated with common colds. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The name comes from the Greek rhin, meaning nose.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rhinovirus."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Rhinovirus; rhabdovirus; picornavirus. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rhinovirus |
| Specialty definitions using "rhinovirus": Picornaviridae ♦ Rhinoviruses, Equine. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Research on rhinovirus transmission. (references) | |
More than 110 distinct rhinovirus types have been identified. (references) | ||
Handwashing is the simplest and most effective way to keep from getting rhinovirus colds. (references) | ||
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rhinovirus | 34 |
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| Language | Translations for "rhinovirus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Rhinovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Rhinovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | rhinovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Rhinovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ρινοïός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | Rhinovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inovirusrhay Rhinovírus. (various references) Rinovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "rhinovirus": rhinoviruses. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-i-n-o-r-r-s-u-v" | |
-3 letters: noirish, nourish, virions. | |
-4 letters: houris, inrush, onrush, rhinos, vinous, virion, vision. | |
-5 letters: horns, houri, hours, irons, noirs, noris, ornis, orris, rhino, rishi, rosin, ruins, shirr, shorn, vinos, virus, visor. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-i-n-o-r-r-s-u-v" | |
+2 letters: rhinoviruses. | |
+4 letters: overnourishing. | |
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