rhinovirus
pronunciation
How to pronounce rhinovirus in British English: UK [raɪnəʊ'vaɪərəs]
How to pronounce rhinovirus in American English: US [ˌraɪnoʊ'vaɪrəs]
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- Noun:
- any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections
Word Origin
- rhinovirus (n.)
- 1961, from rhino- + virus.
Example
- 1. The team that did this particular study only looked at a rhinovirus .
- 2. A rhinovirus -- you can 't leave because she has a cold ?
- 3. The researchers interviewed volunteers over several weeks to assess their moods and emotional styles , and then infected them with either a rhinovirus or an influenza virus .
- 4. Snyder had a cold at the first blood draw , which allowed the researchers to track how a rhinovirus infection alters the human body in perhaps more detail than ever before .
- 5. In a freezer in marseille , france , sits a virus that is by far the biggest virus known to science ; it is huge , around thirty times bigger than the rhinovirus that gives you a common cold .