virosis

English

Etymology

From virus +‎ -osis.

Noun

virosis (plural viroses)

1. (pathology) Any disease caused by a virus.
   • 1931, Phytopathology, volume 21, numbers 1-6, page 590:

     In her investigations on the viroses of tobacco and potato and on cucumber mosaic in solanaceous hosts, Hoggan showed that the presence or absence of vacuolate bodies , and in some cases the combined presence of vacuolate bodies and striate material have undoubted value for the identification of certain viroses.

Derived terms

• coronavirosis
• ranavirosis
• virotic

 

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯iːˈroː.siːs/, [u̯iːˈroːs̠iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈro.sis/, [viˈrɔːs̬is]

Participle

vīrōsīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter/feminine plural of vīrōsus

Spanish

Etymology

From virus +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈɾosis/ [biˈɾo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: vi‧ro‧sis

Noun

virosis f (plural virosis)

1. virosis

Further reading

• “virosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014