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ARENAVIRUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("arenavirus" is a kind of...):

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arenavirus"):

Junin virus (the RNA virus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice)

Lassa virus (the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever)

lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beings)

Machupo virus (the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice)

Holonyms ("arenavirus" is a member of...):

Arenaviridae (a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods)

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