Japanese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vīrus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ビールス (bīrusu

  1. (pathology, microbiology, virology, dated) Alternative form of ウイルス (uirusu, virus)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN