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arbovirus

Definition of arbovirus

noun

Medicine
  • any of a group of viruses which are transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks, or other arthropods. They include the virus of yellow fever.

Origin:

1950s: from ar(thropod)-bo(rne) + virus

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