virology
noun
vi·rol·o·gy
vī-ˈrä-lə-jē 
: a branch of science that deals with viruses and viral diseases
Examples of virology in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
By Jeffrey Kluger May 2, 2024 8:07 AM EDT
Dr. Peter Hotez is a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine in Waco, Texas, and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development.
—
Peter Hotez, TIME, 2 May 2024
Motivated by grave missteps in the pandemic, the WHO convened about 50 experts in virology, epidemiology, aerosol science, and bioengineering, among other specialties, who spent two years poring through the evidence on how airborne viruses and bacteria spread.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
The other, the lab leak hypothesis, posits that the virus escaped from a virology lab in Wuhan, China, where it may have been deliberately concocted.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Essentially every dog alive at the time caught it, Colin Parrish, a virology professor at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, told me.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2024
By then, Covid had arrived — and with it, questions that would drastically alter the political climate around virology research.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
Gilead Sciences posted better-than-expected top- and bottom-line results in the latest quarter, which the company credited to its virology and oncology segments.
—Denny Jacob, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
In July, National Nurses United delivered a petition to Dr. Mandy Cohen, the C.D.C. director, that was signed by hundreds of experts in health care, virology and infection control, and dozens of unions and public health organizations.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
In a surprise move, the new chief scientist at the World Health Organization backed a fact-finding mission to China despite his own doubts that COVID-19 escaped from an institute for virology in Wuhan.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
Peter Hotez, TIME, 2 May 2024
Motivated by grave missteps in the pandemic, the WHO convened about 50 experts in virology, epidemiology, aerosol science, and bioengineering, among other specialties, who spent two years poring through the evidence on how airborne viruses and bacteria spread.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
The other, the lab leak hypothesis, posits that the virus escaped from a virology lab in Wuhan, China, where it may have been deliberately concocted.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Essentially every dog alive at the time caught it, Colin Parrish, a virology professor at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, told me.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2024
By then, Covid had arrived — and with it, questions that would drastically alter the political climate around virology research.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
Gilead Sciences posted better-than-expected top- and bottom-line results in the latest quarter, which the company credited to its virology and oncology segments.
—Denny Jacob, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
In July, National Nurses United delivered a petition to Dr. Mandy Cohen, the C.D.C. director, that was signed by hundreds of experts in health care, virology and infection control, and dozens of unions and public health organizations.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
In a surprise move, the new chief scientist at the World Health Organization backed a fact-finding mission to China despite his own doubts that COVID-19 escaped from an institute for virology in Wuhan.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'virology.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near virology
Cite this Entry
“Virology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/virology. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
virology
noun
vi·rol·o·gy
vī-ˈräl-ə-jē
: a branch of science concerned with viruses and diseases caused by viruses
Medical Definition
virology
noun
vi·rol·o·gy
vī-ˈräl-ə-jē
plural virologies
: a branch of science that deals with viruses
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share