English

lymphocryptovirus

From lympho- + crypto- + virus.

Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη ‘bride, young girl’

Latin lympha ‘water, water nymph’

Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω ‘to hide’

Ancient Greek κρῠπτός ‘hidden, secret’

Proto-Indo-European *wisós ‘fluidity, slime, poison’

Proto-Italic *weizos

Latin vīrus ‘poison, slime, venom’

Middle English virus

English virus

Today it means

noun Any of the genus Lymphocryptovirus of herpesviruses that includes the human Epstein-Barr virus (Human gammaherpesvirus 4).

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Etymograph / lymphocryptovirus