polyomavirus
noun
polyomavirus is spelled P-O-L-Y-O-M-A-V-I-R-U-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polyomavirus means “Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polyomavirus is polyomaviruses.
How many letters and syllables are in polyomavirus?
| Letters | 12: P-O-L-Y-O-M-A-V-I-R-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is polyomavirus?
Polyomavirus appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of polyomavirus
- polyomaviruses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polyomavirus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does polyomavirus come from?
From polyoma + virus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).