FLAVIVIRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Flaviviridae mean? 

• FLAVIVIRIDAE (noun)
  The noun FLAVIVIRIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods

  Familiarity information: FLAVIVIRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAVIVIRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of arboviruses carried by arthropods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Flaviviridae" is a kind of...):

arborvirus; arbovirus (a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis)

Meronyms (members of "Flaviviridae"):

flavivirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae)

Holonyms ("Flaviviridae" is a member of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

 Context examples 

The serotype labeled 4 of the viral species Dengue virus, which is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus, and causes dengue fever.

(Dengue Virus 4, NCI Thesaurus)

An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the family Flaviviridae, and closely related to the hepatitis C virus.

(GB virus C, NCI Thesaurus)

A small, enveloped, positive sense single strand RNA virus in the family Flaviviridae.

(hepatitis C virus, NCI Thesaurus)

The serotype labeled 3 of the viral species Dengue virus, which is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus, and causes dengue fever.

(Dengue Virus 3, NCI Thesaurus)

The serotype labeled 2 of the viral species Dengue virus, which is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus, and causes dengue fever.

(Dengue Virus 2, NCI Thesaurus)

These include a variety of species from the families Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae and Reoviridae.

(Arbovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T=3 icosahedral symmetry in the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus.

(Dengue Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

The serotype labeled 1 of the viral species Dengue virus, which is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus, and causes dengue fever.

(Dengue Virus 1, NCI Thesaurus)