ebolavirus

See also: Ebola virus and Ebolavirus

English

An ebolavirus virion.

Wikispecies

Etymology

After Ebola river (area of discovery of type species) -virus. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control[1] or Belgian researchers.[2]

Noun

ebolavirus (plural ebolaviruses)

  1. Any of several viruses, of the genus Ebolavirus, responsible for hemorrhagic fever.

References

  1. Preston, Richard (July 20, 1995) The Hot Zone, Anchor Books (Random House), page 117: “Karl Johnson named it Ebola”
  2. “'In 1976 I Discovered Ebola – Now I Fear an Unimaginable Tragedy'”, in The Observer, Guardian Media Group, 4 October 2014

Finnish

Etymology

ebola + virus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈebolɑˌʋirus/, [ˈe̞bo̞lɑˌʋirus̠]
  • Rhymes: -irus
  • Syllabification(key): e‧bo‧la‧vi‧rus

Noun

ebolavirus

  1. ebolavirus

Declension

Inflection of ebolavirus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative ebolavirus ebolavirukset
genitive ebolaviruksen ebolavirusten
ebolaviruksien
partitive ebolavirusta ebolaviruksia
illative ebolavirukseen ebolaviruksiin
singular plural
nominative ebolavirus ebolavirukset
accusative nom. ebolavirus ebolavirukset
gen. ebolaviruksen
genitive ebolaviruksen ebolavirusten
ebolaviruksien
partitive ebolavirusta ebolaviruksia
inessive ebolaviruksessa ebolaviruksissa
elative ebolaviruksesta ebolaviruksista
illative ebolavirukseen ebolaviruksiin
adessive ebolaviruksella ebolaviruksilla
ablative ebolavirukselta ebolaviruksilta
allative ebolavirukselle ebolaviruksille
essive ebolaviruksena ebolaviruksina
translative ebolavirukseksi ebolaviruksiksi
instructive ebolaviruksin
abessive ebolaviruksetta ebolaviruksitta
comitative ebolaviruksineen
Possessive forms of ebolavirus (type vastaus)
possessor singular plural
1st person ebolavirukseni ebolaviruksemme
2nd person ebolaviruksesi ebolaviruksenne
3rd person ebolaviruksensa
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