Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paramyxovirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: paramyx-ovirus
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.

Etymology

From para- + myxo- + virus.

Inflected Forms

paramyxoviruses (plural)

Derived Forms

nonparamyxovirus

Questions

What does paramyxovirus mean?: Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.
Where does paramyxovirus come from?: From para- + myxo- + virus.

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