Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subvirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-virus
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organism or substance, such as a viral protein, that is smaller than a virus and has some viral properties.

Example Sentences

"Grélard et al.⁸⁷ determined the intimate structure of pseudoviral particles of hepatitis B subvirus using solid-state NMR, light scattering, and cryo-electron microscopy."

Etymology

From sub- + virus.

Inflected Forms

subviruses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

subviral

Questions

What does subvirus mean?: An organism or substance, such as a viral protein, that is smaller than a virus and has some viral properties.
Where does subvirus come from?: From sub- + virus.

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