Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spiravirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spi-ravirus
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any virus of the family Spiraviridae.

Example Sentences

"With the exception of anelloviruses, bidnaviruses, spiraviruses, and some inoviruses, the replicative protein of ssDNA viruses is the so-called HUH endonuclease that cuts genomic DNA at a specific site and initiates rolling circle (or rolling hairpin) replication."

Etymology

From Latin spīra (“coil”) + virus, after the shape of the virion.

Inflected Forms

spiraviruses (plural)

Questions

What does spiravirus mean?: Any virus of the family Spiraviridae.
Where does spiravirus come from?: From Latin spīra (“coil”) + virus, after the shape of the virion.

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