poliovirus
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English
Etymology
From polio + virus, the first element shortened from poliomyelitis.
Noun
poliovirus (plural polioviruses)
- A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis.
- 2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 299:
- By now Jameson, a victim of polio, was confined to a wheelchair; most likely he'd contracted the poliovirus from an East German defector whom he interrogated in 1955.
Derived terms
Translations
human enterovirus
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Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
poliovirus
Declension
| Inflection of poliovirus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | poliovirus | poliovirukset | |
| genitive | polioviruksen | poliovirusten polioviruksien | |
| partitive | poliovirusta | polioviruksia | |
| illative | poliovirukseen | polioviruksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | poliovirus | poliovirukset | |
| accusative | nom. | poliovirus | poliovirukset |
| gen. | polioviruksen | ||
| genitive | polioviruksen | poliovirusten polioviruksien | |
| partitive | poliovirusta | polioviruksia | |
| inessive | polioviruksessa | polioviruksissa | |
| elative | polioviruksesta | polioviruksista | |
| illative | poliovirukseen | polioviruksiin | |
| adessive | polioviruksella | polioviruksilla | |
| ablative | poliovirukselta | polioviruksilta | |
| allative | poliovirukselle | polioviruksille | |
| essive | polioviruksena | polioviruksina | |
| translative | poliovirukseksi | polioviruksiksi | |
| abessive | polioviruksetta | polioviruksitta | |
| instructive | — | polioviruksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “poliovirus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Spanish
Noun
poliovirus m (plural poliovirus)