Meanings
nounWest Nile virus (usually uncountable, plural West Nile viruses)
plural West Nile viruses · alternative West Nile Virus · alternative WNV
- uncountableusuallyA particular flavivirus that causes West Nile fever, dangerous to humans.
West Nile virus surfaced in New York in 1999 and within four years had covered the whole of America.
2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 371
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis
Similar
West Nile encephalitis virus
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch westnijlvirus
- westnijlvirusvirus causing West Nile fever
Finnish Länsi-Niilin virus
- Länsi-Niilin virusvirus causing West Nile fever
French virus du Nil occidental
- virus du Nil occidentalvirus causing West Nile fever
German West-Nil-Fiebervirus
- West-Nil-Fiebervirusvirus causing West Nile fever
Italian virus del Nilo occidentale
- virus del Nilo occidentalevirus causing West Nile fever
Japanese ウエストナイルウイルス
- ウエストナイルウイルス (uesuto nairu uirusu)virus causing West Nile fever
Portuguese vírus do Nilo ocidental
- vírus do Nilo ocidentalvirus causing West Nile fever
Spanish virus del Nilo occidental
- virus del Nilo occidentalvirus causing West Nile fever
Turkish Batı Nil virüsü
- Batı Nil virüsüvirus causing West Nile fever
Cite this entry
APA
West Nile virus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/West%20Nile%20virus
MLA
“West Nile virus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/West%20Nile%20virus. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “West Nile virus,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/West%20Nile%20virus.
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