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hantavirus

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæn.təˌvaɪ.ɹəs/
  • General-American: /ˈhæn.təˌvaɪ.ɹəs/
  • General-American: /ˈhæ.nə-/
  • rhymes with -æntəvaɪɹəs
  • rhymes with -ænəvaɪɹəs
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 N T AH0 V AY2 R AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

Any virus of the genus Hantavirus, transmitted by aerosolized rodent excreta or rodent bites, especially the deer mouse. Hantaviruses cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS): incubation lasts for 1–5 weeks, sickness begins with fever and muscle aches, followed by shortness of breath and coughing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Internationalism. Borrowed from taxonomic name Hantavirus, from the name of the Hantan River in South Korea. By surface analysis, Hantan + virus.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِيرُوس هَانْتا (fīrūs hānta) — Translations
  • Arabic: ڤِيرُوْس هَانْتا (vīrūs hānta) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢坦病毒 /汉坦病毒 (hàntǎnbìngdú) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢他病毒 /汉他病毒 (hàntābìngdú) — Translations
  • Dutch: hantavirus — Translations
  • Finnish: hantavirus — Translations
  • French: hantavirus — Translations
  • German: Hantavirus — Translations
  • Greek: χανταϊός (chantaïós) — Translations
  • Hindi: हंटावायरस (haṇṭāvāyras) — Translations
  • Italian: hantavirus — Translations
  • Japanese: ハンタウイルス (hantauirusu) — Translations
  • Korean: 한타바이러스 (hantabaireoseu) — Translations
  • Navajo: naʼatsʼǫǫsí binaalniih — Translations
  • Polish: hantawirus — Translations
  • Portuguese: hantavírus — Translations
  • Russian: ха̀нтави́рус (xàntavírus) — Translations
  • Sanskrit: हन्तविषाणुः (hantaviṣāṇuḥ) — Translations
  • Spanish: hantavirus — Translations
  • Swedish: hantavirus — Translations
  • Turkish: hantavirüs — Translations