alphacoronavirus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any coronavirus of the genus Alphacoronavirus.
Example Sentences
- "The nsp1 protein of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), an alphacoronavirus, efficiently suppressed protein synthesis in mammalian cells."
- "The recent discovery of novel alphacoronaviruses (alpha-CoVs) in European and Asian rodents revealed that rodent coronaviruses (CoVs) sampled worldwide formed a discrete phylogenetic group within this genus."
Etymology
From the genus name.