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ICOSAHEDRAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to an icosahedron
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
icosahedron (any polyhedron having twenty plane faces)
Derivation:
icosahedron (any polyhedron having twenty plane faces)
Context examples:
A species of enveloped, spherical or pleomorphic viruses with a capsid with T=4 icosahedral symmetry in the Togaviridae family and Alphavirus genus.
(Barmah Forest Virus, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of enveloped, spherical, or pleomorphic viruses with T=4 icosahedral symmetry, in the family Togaviridae.
(Alphavirus, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of non-enveloped, spherical viruses with a capsid with T=3 icosahedral symmetry in the Picornaviridae family and Enterovirus genus.
(Coxsackie A Virus, NCI Thesaurus)
The virus is icosahedral in shape with characteristic star-like surface projections.
(Astroviridae, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of enveloped, spherical shaped viruses with surface glycoproteins that are arranged in a T=12 icosahedral symmetrical lattice, in the family Bunyaviridae.
(Phlebovirus, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the Herpesviridae family and Roseolovirus genus.
(Human Herpesvirus 7, NCI Thesaurus)
The structure of the shell is icosahedral with either helical or complex symmetry.
(Capsid Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
This strain of viridae is a non-pathogenic human parvovirus that is icosahedral, 20-25 nm in diameter, minus sense, and comprised of a 5 kb. single-stranded DNA genome.
(Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2, NCI Thesaurus)
Virions are enveloped, ether-sensitive, and vary up to 200 nm in diameter; the nucleocapsids are 100 nm in diameter and of icosahedral symmetry, with 162 capsomeres.
(Herpesvirus, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the Herpesviridae family and Simplexvirus genus.
(Human Herpesvirus 2, NCI Thesaurus)
