VIRINO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("virino" is a kind of...):

particle; subatomic particle (a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions)

Domain category:

microbiology (the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans)

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