-virus

See also: Virus, virus, virüs, vírus, vīrus, and vīruss

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin vīrus (“virus”, literally “poison”).

Suffix

-virus n

  1. Used to form taxonomic names of genera of viruses

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translingual terms suffixed with -virus
Alphavirus
Amalgavirus
Chlamydiamicrovirus
Comovirus
Coronavirus
Corticovirus
Cytomegalovirus
Deltavirus
Ebolavirus
Enterovirus
Erythrovirus
Filovirus
Flavivirus
Hepatovirus
Lentivirus
Lymphocryptovirus
Lyssavirus
Megavirus
Metavirus
Morbillivirus
Norovirus
Pandoravirus
Pneumovirus
Respirovirus
Rhadinovirus
Rhinovirus
Rotavirus
Rubivirus
Simplexvirus
Tupanvirus
Varicellovirus
Wuhanvirus
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