How do you pronounce rotavirus?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹəʊtəˌvaɪɹəs/.

rotavirus

/ˈɹəʊtəˌvaɪɹəs/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

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Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.

"We propose therefore that these reovirus-like or orbivirus-like enteritis viruses of calves and children are in a group separate from both orbiviruses and reoviruses, and we suggest that the term “rotavirus” (from the Latin rota, a wheel) should be used for them."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English rotavirus From Latin rota (“wheel”) + virus. The name was first proposed in July 1974 in an article in The Lancet.

rotaviruses (plural) rotavirusses (plural, rare) rotavira (plural, rare) rotaviri (plural, proscribed) rotavirii (plural, proscribed)

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