medusavirus
English
noun
Definitions
- (virology) A giant virus infecting amoebae causing them to shrivel and harden.
Etymology
Suffix from Translingual lang1=grc (Medusa) derived from Latin virus (poison, venom, slime, l, en, virus, sap of plants, slimy liquid, a potent juice).
Origin
Latin
virus
Gloss
poison, venom, slime, l, en, virus, sap of plants, slimy liquid, a potent juice
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Medusavirus English
- virus English
- virus Finnish
- corona Latin
- virosus Latin
- virus Latin
- vírus Hungarian
- virus Italian
- virus French
- вирусоло́гия Russian
- virus Spanish, Castilian
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- Πανδώρα Ancient Greek
- κορώνη Ancient Greek
- virus Norwegian Bokmål
- virus Swedish
- virus Norwegian Nynorsk
- virus Danish
- virus Czech
- virus Catalan, Valencian
- virus Galician
- lang1=grc Translingual
- virus Azerbaijani
- *weisos Proto-Italic
- virus Asturian
- فيروس Hijazi Arabic