[Sussex] Noob

Geoffrey Teale gteale at cmedltd.com
Wed Feb 2 10:36:59 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 10:13 +0000, Angelo Servini wrote:
> Viruses and Virii are both correct.
> 
> Quoting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus
> 
> "In the English language, the normal plural of "virus" is "viruses". This form of the plural is correct, and used most frequently, both when referring to a biological virus and when referring to a computer virus. The forms "viri" and "virii" are also used as a plural, although less frequently. There is disagreement over whether these forms should be considered correct."

Tut, tut.  According to Dorlands, MedDRA and WHO  the plural is
"viruses" and categorically not "viri" or "virii".

BTW, Cmed is a contraction of "Concomitant Medication".


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Geoffrey Teale <gteale at cmedltd.com>
Cmed Technology





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