Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthopoxvirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-thopoxvirus
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Orthopoxvirus of poxviruses, including smallpox and many species isolated from mammals.

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

orthopoxviruses (plural)

Derived Forms

antiorthopoxvirus orthopox

Questions

What does orthopoxvirus mean?: Any of the genus Orthopoxvirus of poxviruses, including smallpox and many species isolated from mammals.
Where does orthopoxvirus come from?: From the genus name.

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