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virological

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: V AY0 R AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to virology

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to the science of virology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • virological research

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English virology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English virological From virology + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: virològic — of or pertaining to virology
  • Czech: virologický — of or pertaining to virology
  • Danish: virologisk — of or pertaining to virology
  • Dutch: virologisch — of or pertaining to virology
  • French: virologique — of or pertaining to virology
  • Georgian: ვიროლოგიური (virologiuri) — of or pertaining to virology
  • Hungarian: virológiai — of or pertaining to virology
  • Italian: virologico — of or pertaining to virology
  • Portuguese: virológico — of or pertaining to virology
  • Spanish: virológico — of or pertaining to virology