west nile virus

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   the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis

   SynonymsWest Nile encephalitis virus

   Broaderflavivirus

Questions about west nile virus

What does west nile virus mean?

west nile virus means "the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis".

What is another word for west nile virus?

Close synonyms include West Nile encephalitis virus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is west nile virus a common word?

west nile virus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.