Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jamestown canyon virus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: jamestown -canyon virus
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

2

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Orthobunyavirus jamestownense of North American orthobunyaviruses; an arbovirus that mostly in adults can cause fever, meningitis or meningoencephalitis.

Etymology

After Jamestown, Colorado, where the virus was first isolated in 1961 from Culiseta mosquitoes.

Inflected Forms

Jamestown Canyon viruses (plural)

Synonyms

JVC JC virus

Questions

What does jamestown canyon virus mean?: Any member of the species Orthobunyavirus jamestownense of North American orthobunyaviruses; an arbovirus that mostly in adults can cause fever, meningitis or meningoencephalitis.
Where does jamestown canyon virus come from?: After Jamestown, Colorado, where the virus was first isolated in 1961 from Culiseta mosquitoes.

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