See Also: Murray Valley encephalitis(medicine)
Murray Valley encephalitis virus(medicine)
encephalitis virus, murray valley(medicine)
Murray Valley rash(medicine)
precarious(dictionary)
precarious(dictionary)
Precarious(medicine)
PRECARIOUS RIGHT(law)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Murray(2)(dictionary)

Murray Valley encephalitis virus (medicine) and precarious (iou)


Murray Valley encephalitis virus (medicine)


Murray Valley encephalitis virus


A group B arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus that causes Murray Valley encephalitis; it is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes, and also infects birds and horses.

Synonym: Australian X disease virus, MVE virus.


precarious (iou)



precarious adjective. M17.
[from Latin precarius, from prec-, prex prayer, entreaty: see -ARIOUS. Cf. Old & mod. French precaire.]
a. Held at the pleasure of another; uncertain. M17.
Horace Walpole Though the tenure is precarious, I cannot help liking the situation for you. Anne Stevenson She would lose her husband, the chief prop of her precarious happiness.
b. Dependent on chance; insecure, unstable. L17.
A. S. Dale Gilbert..earned a precarious living for years. V. Brome At this stage he did not wish to undermine his precarious authority.
Assumed gratuitously; unfounded, doubtful. M17.
J. Martineau His mode of proof is precarious and unsatisfactory.
Suppliant, supplicating; importunate. M-L17.
Exposed to danger, risky. E18.
A. Kenny The German night raids..made life in Liverpool..a precarious affair.
precariously adverb in a precarious manner; esp. insecurely, unstably: M17.
precariousness noun L17.