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The reovirus causing infant enteritis
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rotavirus
Word definitions for rotavirus in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the reovirus causing infant enteritis
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus (taxlink Rotavirus genus noshow=1), that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
wheel-shaped virus causing inflammation of the lining of the intestines, 1974, from Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary ) + virus .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrhoeal disease among infants and young children. It is a genus of double-stranded RNA viruses in the family Reoviridae . Nearly every child in the world is infected with rotavirus at least once by the age of five. ...