Hantavirus Definition

hăntə-vīrəs
hantaviruses
noun
Any of a group of RNA viruses (family Bunyaviridae); esp., one spread by contact with rodent urine and feces, causing flulike symptoms and sometimes a fatal lung or kidney disease.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hantavirus

Noun

Singular:
hantavirus
Plural:
hantaviruses

Origin of Hantavirus

  • After the Hantaan River, South Korea (near which Westerners were first infected by the virus in the 1950s)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the name of the Hantan River in South Korea, via the genus name Hantavirus.

    From Wiktionary

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to hantavirus using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

hantavirus

Words Near Hantavirus in the Dictionary