norovirus

From Nor(walk) +‎ -o- +‎ virus.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒɹə(ʊ)vaɪɹəs/
• Hyphenation: no‧ro‧vi‧rus

norovirus (plural noroviruses)

1. (virology) Norovirus, the genus of Norwalk virus, which causes gastric distress in humans.

   The norovirus causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramping.

   • 2025 January 7, Alexandra Sifferlin, “America Needs a Norovirus Vaccine, Now”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 January 2025:

     Norovirus outbreaks are rising across the United States; it is impressively contagious: The virus spreads rapidly, symptoms appear suddenly, and the virus can survive on surfaces for days to weeks.

   • 2025 October 2, Claire Fahy, “Norovirus Outbreak Sickens Nearly 100 on Royal Caribbean Cruise”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 October 2025:

     Almost 100 people came down with norovirus aboard a Royal Caribbean ship amid a 13-day voyage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported earlier this week. […] There have been 19 norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships so far this year, according to the C.D.C. Last year, there were 18 for the entire year. In 2023, there were 14 — the highest level in a decade.

Borrowed from English norovirus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.roːˌviː.rʏs/

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• Hyphenation: no‧ro‧vi‧rus

norovirus n (plural norovirussen, diminutive norovirusje n)

1. norovirus, virus of the genus Norovirus

Internationalism (see English norovirus).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoroˌʋi(ː)rus/, [ˈno̞ro̞ˌʋi(ː)rus̠]
• Rhymes: -irus
• Syllabification^(key): no‧ro‧vi‧rus
• Hyphenation^(key): noro‧virus

norovirus

1. (virology) norovirus

• “norovirus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /noɾoˈbiɾus/ [no.ɾoˈβ̞i.ɾus]
• Rhymes: -iɾus
• Syllabification: no‧ro‧vi‧rus

norovirus m (plural norovirus)

1. (virology) norovirus