rotavirus
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Rotaviruses in the faeces of an infected child
English
Etymology
From Latin rota (“wheel”) + virus. The name was first proposed in July 1974 in an article in The Lancet.
Pronunciation
Noun
rotavirus (plural rotaviruses or rotavirusses or rotavira or (rare) rotaviri or (proscribed) rotavirii)
- Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.
Synonyms
- duovirus (dated)
Derived terms
Translations
any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses
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References
- ^ Flewett, T. H., Bryden, A. S., Davies, H., Woode, G. N., Bridger, J. C., Derrick, J. M. (13 July 1974) “Relation between viruses from acute gastroenteritis of children and newborn calves”, in The Lancet, volume 304, number 7872, , 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.”
Further reading
rotavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rotavirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English rotavirus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrotɑʋirus/,
- Rhymes: -irus
- Syllabification(key): ro‧ta‧vi‧rus
- Hyphenation(key): ro‧ta‧vi‧rus
Noun
rotavirus
Declension
| 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. | ||
Further reading
- “rotavirus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Spanish
Noun
rotavirus m (plural rotavirus)
Further reading
- “rotavirus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 10 December 2024