virino

virino (plural virinos)

1. (biology) A hypothetical infectious particle, consisting of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins, once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.

• virion

From viro (“man”) +‎ -ino (“female”).

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• IPA^(key): /viˈrino/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ri‧no
• Rhymes: -ino

virino (accusative singular virinon, plural virinoj, accusative plural virinojn)

1. woman

   La virino amas la viron.

   The woman loves the man.

   Tiu virino belegas, ĉu vi ne konsentas?

   That woman is gorgeous, don't you agree?

   Antonym: viro

• homo (“human being”)
• persono (“person”)

• virina

• femino
• homino (“female human being”)
• ino (“female”, noun)

virino

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of virare
2. third-person plural imperative of virare

• rinvio, rinviò, rovini