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LYSSAVIRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lyssavirus mean?
• LYSSAVIRUS (noun)
The noun LYSSAVIRUS has 1 sense:
1. a neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies
Familiarity information: LYSSAVIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("lyssavirus" is a kind of...):
animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)
Holonyms ("lyssavirus" is a member of...):
Rhabdoviridae (a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods)
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