Virus
rhinovirus Audio
rhi·no·vi·rus [ rahy-noh-vahy-ruh s, rahy-noh-vahy- ]
Subclass of:
Family Picornaviridae
Definitions related to rhinovirus:
  • A genus of PICORNAVIRIDAE inhabiting primarily the respiratory tract of mammalian hosts. It includes over 100 human serotypes associated with the COMMON COLD.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A genus of single-stranded positive sense RNA viruses containing a single RNA molecule. The viral particles are not enveloped and are icosahedral in structure.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Genus of viruses comprising the common cold viruses.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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