Main Entry: to·ga·vi·rus

Pronunciation: \ˈtō-gə-ˌvī-rəs\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin toga toga + New Latin virus

Date: 1970

: any of a family (Togaviridae) of single-stranded RNA viruses that have a spherical virion and include the causative agents of German measles and the three forms of equine encephalitis