Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sigmavirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sig-mavirus
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any virus of the genus Sigmavirus, affecting dipterans.

Example Sentences

"Owing to the high level of divergence of the sigmaviruses, L genes appear to be more appropriate than N genes for their evolutionary comparisons (Longdon et al., 2010)."

Etymology

From sigma + virus, from translingual Sigmavirus.

Word Breakdown

Root: Sigmavirus

Inflected Forms

sigmaviruses (plural)

Questions

What does sigmavirus mean?: Any virus of the genus Sigmavirus, affecting dipterans.
Where does sigmavirus come from?: From sigma + virus, from translingual Sigmavirus.

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