lymphocryptovirus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
37
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of the genus Lymphocryptovirus of herpesviruses that includes the human Epstein-Barr virus (Human gammaherpesvirus 4).
Etymology
Etymology tree English lympho- Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō) Ancient Greek κρῠπτός (krŭptós)der. English crypto- Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English lymphocryptovirus From lympho- + crypto- + virus.