rotavirus


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rotavirus /ˈrəʊtəˌvʌɪrəs/
noun Medicine any of a group of wheel-shaped RNA viruses, some of which cause acute enteritis in humans.
– origin 1970s: mod. L., from L. rota ‘wheel’ + virus.
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