virosis

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noun

Any disease caused by a virus.

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Meanings

nounvirosis (plural viroses)

plural viroses

  1. medicineAny disease caused by a virus.
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    In her investigations on the viroses of tobacco and potato and on cucumber mosaic in solanaceous hosts, Hoggan showed that the presence or absence of vacuolate bodies , and in some cases the combined presence of vacuolate bodies and striate material have undoubted value for the identification of certain viroses.

    1931, Phytopathology, volume 21, numbers 1-6, page 590

Origin

From virus + -osis.

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“virosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virosis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “virosis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virosis.

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