Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medusavirus

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Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: medusavirus
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An informal genus of the informal family Medusaviridae, large DNA viruses that infect amoeba.

noun

A giant virus infecting amoebae causing them to shrivel and harden.

Example Sentences

"The newest giant virus is Medusavirus, so named because of the way it infects amoebas, single-celled organisms that commonly live in water."
"Many of the NCLDVs, including the phycodnavirus Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus (PBCV-1), the iridovirus Chilo iridescent virus (CIV), the mimivirus Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (CroV), or the giant amoeba-infecting Faustovirus, Pacmanvirus, and Medusavirus, present large icosahedral capsids composed of trimers of a MCP that displays a double jelly-roll fold."
"Furthermore, we identified 5 A. triangularis homologous sequences shared with Medusavirus, a giant virus that replicates on Acanthamoeba castellanii, which was isolated from hot spring water."
"Here, we report the novel features of medusavirus, a large DNA virus newly isolated from hot spring water in Japan."
"On the other hand, medusavirus-infected amoeba cells show moderately decreased cell motility later than those of mimivirus-infected cells and change the cells to a cyst-like formation."
"MGVL27, medusaviruses, sylvanviruses and MGVL24 represented the viral lineages with the highest genome novelty..."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa, “Medusa”) + virus. From Latin virus (“virus”). From being a virus which can turn amoeba into stone-like cysts. From Medusa, the Greek mythological figure which could petrify people with a glance.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: virus, Μέδουσα

Inflected Forms

medusaviruses (plural)

Questions

What does medusavirus mean?: An informal genus of the informal family Medusaviridae, large DNA viruses that infect amoeba.
Where does medusavirus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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