Well attestedNamed from the place
hantavirus
noun · first attested 20th century
The virus family is named for a Korean river.
A genus of rodent-borne viruses.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Hantan River
- In English
hantavirus
The type virus was isolated near the Hantan River in South Korea in the 1970s. Naming diseases after places has since fallen out of favour.
South Korea
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