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German translation: Virion

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12:55 Apr 25, 2020
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COVID-19 - Science - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-), Medical (general), Science (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: virion
Definition from Merriam-Webster:
A complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infectious form of a virus.

Example sentence(s):
  • When airborne, infective virus can drift through the air as an aerosol. In this form of transmission, “very small droplets that come out of our mouth very quickly evaporate the water off, and we’re left with a gel kind of material...that forms a bit of a protective environment for those virions to survive for longer,” Mackay explains. This is distinct from droplet-based spread of the virus. The Scientist
  • If you get enough virions on your hands and then touch your mucous membranes, including your mouth, nose and eyes, you could get infected. The Globe and Mail
  • Instead, the article suggests the cold makes us more susceptible to the virions and could activate dormant ones that are already inside us. It’s not just Covid-19, viral acute respiratory tract infections (vARIs) are also a major problem for microbiology. WBUR
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German translation:Virion
Definition:
Als Virion (Plural: Viria, Virionen oder Virions), selten auch Viron, wird ein einzelnes Viruspartikel bezeichnet, das sich außerhalb einer Zelle befindet.
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gofink
Austria
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Virion


Definition from Wikipedia:
Als Virion (Plural: Viria, Virionen oder Virions), selten auch Viron, wird ein einzelnes Viruspartikel bezeichnet, das sich außerhalb einer Zelle befindet.

Example sentence(s):
  • Die 120 bis 160 nm großen Viruspartikel (Virionen) besitzen eine Virushülle, in die mehrere verschiedenartige Membranproteine eingelagert sind - Wikipedia  
  • Wie andere Coronaviren ist das Virion von SARS-CoV kugelförmig mit einem Durchmesser von rund 125 nm - wikipedia  
  • Virionen – als Virion wird ein komplettes, infektiöses Viruspartikel außerhalb einer Wirtszelle bezeichnet - Open Science  
gofink
Austria
Local time: 10:29
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 43

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Doris Riegelnegg: Genau! Virion s [von *vir- ; Plural Virionen], das komplette, infektiöse Viruspartikel. Es ist die extrazelluläre Form eines Virus, in der es von einer Zelle zur nächsten weitergegeben wird.
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  -> Danke Doris
Yes  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Danke Harald
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