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ARENAVIRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("arenavirus" is a kind of...):
animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arenavirus"):
Junin virus (the RNA virus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice)
Lassa virus (the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever)
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beings)
Machupo virus (the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice)
Holonyms ("arenavirus" is a member of...):
Arenaviridae (a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods)
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