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ALPHAVIRUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does alphavirus mean?

• ALPHAVIRUS (noun)
The noun ALPHAVIRUS has 1 sense:

1. an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses

Familiarity information: ALPHAVIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALPHAVIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

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

Togaviridae (a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods)

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