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gb virus c

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
gb virus c
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pegivirus C, an RNA Pegivirus that infects humans, though not known to cause human disease; coinfection seems to slow the progression of HIV disease

Uncountable

Etymology

named after a surgeon, G. Barker, who fell ill in 1966 with a non-A non-B hepatitis, at the time thought to be caused by a new, infectious hepatic virus

Usage

Inflected Forms

GBV-C (alternative)

Phrases

GBV-A GBV-B GBV-D

Frequently Paired Words

GBV-A GBV-B GBV-D

Synonyms

HPgV hepatitis G virus

Questions

What does gb virus c mean?
Pegivirus C, an RNA Pegivirus that infects humans, though not known to cause human disease; coinfection seems to slow the progression of HIV disease
Where does gb virus c come from?
named after a surgeon, G. Barker, who fell ill in 1966 with a non-A non-B hepatitis, at the time thought to be caused by a new, infectious hepatic virus

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