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picornavirus

[ pi-kawr-nuh-vahy-ruhs, -kawr-nuh-vahy- ]

noun

plural picornaviruses.
  1. any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.


picornavirus

/ ˈ±èɪˈ°ìɔ˲Ôəˌ±¹²¹Éª°ùÉ™²õ /

noun

  1. any one of a group of small viruses that contain RNA; the group includes polioviruses, rhinoviruses, coxsackie viruses, and the virus that causes foot-and-mouth disease
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of picornavirus1

1960–65; pico- (in the sense “very smallâ€) + RNA + virus
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of picornavirus1

C20: from pico + RNA + virus
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The material was tested in the laboratory against four types of virus - two influenzas, the Covid virus and a picornavirus, which has the traits that make a virus highly stable outside the body.

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