virose

Latin virosus. See virus.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪɹoʊs/

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virose (comparative more virose, superlative most virose)

1. Having a nauseous odour; fetid
   • 1892, The Dispensatory of the United States of America, page 1105:

     It had a strongly virose odor, and a bitter slightly sweetish taste.

• “virose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “virose”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• rivose, vireos

virose m (plural viroses)

1. (pathology) virosis

• “virose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

vīrōse

1. vocative masculine singular of vīrōsus

From vírus +‎ -ose.

• Rhymes: -ɔzi, -ɔzɨ
• Hyphenation: vi‧ro‧se

virose f (plural viroses)

1. (medicine, pathology) virosis (generic name for diseases caused by viruses)

• “virose”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “virose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025