girus
See also: ĝirus
English
Etymology
Blend of giant + virus; coined by J M Claverie, H Ogata, S Audic, C Abergel, K Suhre, P E Fournier, in a 2006 paper in Virus Research (DOI 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.01.008).
Noun
girus (plural giruses)
- (virology) a type of giant virus, a giant nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus (giant NCLDV)