virosis

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English

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Etymology

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From virus +‎ -osis.

Noun

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virosis (plural viroses)

  1. (pathology) Any disease caused by a virus.
    • 1931, Phytopathology, volume 21, numbers 1-6, page 590:
      In her investigations on the viroses of tobacco and potato and on cucumber mosaic in solanaceous hosts, Hoggan showed that the presence or absence of vacuolate bodies , and in some cases the combined presence of vacuolate bodies and striate material have undoubted value for the identification of certain viroses.

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Latin

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Participle

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vīrōsīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter/feminine plural of vīrōsus

Spanish

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Etymology

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From virus +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biˈɾosis/ [biˈɾo.sis]
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: vi‧ro‧sis

Noun

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virosis f (plural virosis)

  1. virosis

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