arenavirus


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arenavirus /əˈriːnəˌvʌɪrəs/
noun Medicine any of a group of RNA viruses (e.g. that causing Lassa fever) appearing to contain sand-like granules.
– origin 1970s: from L. arenosus ‘sandy’ + virus.
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