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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 rabiesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LYSSAVIRUS (noun)


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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