virino
English
Noun
virino (plural virinos)
- (biology) A hypothetical infectious particle, consisting of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins, once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.
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Etymology
From viro (“man”) + -ino (“female”).
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Noun
virino (accusative singular virinon, plural virinoj, accusative plural virinojn)
- woman
- La virino amas la viron.
- The woman loves the man.
- Tiu virino belegas, ĉu vi ne konsentas?
- That woman is gorgeous, don't you agree?
- Antonym: viro
Hypernyms
- homo (“human being”)
- persono (“person”)
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See also
- femino
- homino (“female human being”)
- ino (“female”, noun)
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virino
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