Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myxovirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: myx-ovirus
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of RNA viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae families.

Etymology

From myxo- + virus, from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus”), because they react with mucin (mucoprotein) on the surface of red blood cells.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Prefix: myxo
Root: μύξα

Inflected Forms

myxoviruses (plural)

Derived Forms

orthomyxovirus paramyxovirus

Questions

What does myxovirus mean?: Any of a group of RNA viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae families.
Where does myxovirus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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