Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retroviral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: retro-vi-ral
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a retrovirus

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English -al English viral English retroviral From retro- + viral.

Inflected Forms

retrovirals (plural)

Derived Forms

antiretroviral endoretroviral nonretroviral orthoretroviral pseudoretroviral retrovirally

Phrases

acute retroviral syndrome

Questions

What does retroviral mean?: Of or pertaining to a retrovirus
Where does retroviral come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English -al English viral English retroviral From retro- + viral.

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