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bunyavirus

bu·nya·vi·rus

uncommon archaic

noun

1.

an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon

Origin

From Bunyamwera, a town in Western Uganda where one of the viruses was first isolated.

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