Virino

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA hypothetical infectious particle, consisting of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins, once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.

Synonyms

virion pseudovirion poliovirion viron previrion retrovirion virus subvirus provirion poxvirion virogene coronavirion

Rhymes With

taira no

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