See Also: astroviruses(medicine)

pleuronectid (iou) and astroviruses (medicine)


pleuronectid (iou)



pleuronectid noun. . M19.
[from mod. Latin Pleuronectidae (see below), from Pleuronectes genus name of the plaice, from Greek PLEURA noun1 side + nektes swimmer: see -ID3.]
Zoology. A flatfish of the plaice family Pleuronectidae.

astroviruses (medicine)


astroviruses
<virology> Spherical viruses with 5 or 6 pointed star shaped surface pattern. May be associated with enteritis in various vertebrates.