Noun: virus
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like virus
bestelbus,
ichthus,
smeris,
getuigenis,
voorgeschiedenis,
bijspijkercursus,
versnijdenis,
beatmis,
apothekeres,
beenvis,
bergpas,
bijengewas,
stalen ros,
gedragsstoornis,
broeikasgas,
penningmeesteres,
bontjas,
griepvirus,
stikstofgas,
slagersmes, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin vīrus. Coined in the virological sense by Martinus Beijerinck; the word had been previously used for pathogens, although not for viruses in the modern sense. The computing sense derives from English virus. See: Latin Nouns '
vīrus', English Nouns '
virus'.
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