Medical Definition of Reovirus-like agent

1. Genus of the Reoviridae having a double layered capsid and 11 double stranded RNA molecules in the genome. They have a wheel like appearance in the electron microscope and cause acute diarrhoeal disease in their mammalian and avian hosts. Probably the most important cause of severe dehydrating diarrhoea in children under three years of age worldwide. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, low-grade fever and diarrhoea. Aggressive fluid replacement is generally required. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reovirus-like Agent

reorientation
reorientations
reoriented
reorienting
reorients
reorthogonalization
reos
reostat
reotrope
reotropes
reoutfit
reoutfits
reoutfitted
reoutfitting
reovirus
reovirus-like agent (current term)
reovirus 3
reoviruses
reoxidation
reoxidations
reoxidize
reoxidized
reoxidizes
reoxidizing
reoxygenate
reoxygenated
reoxygenates
reoxygenating
reoxygenation
reoxygenations

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