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amphotropic

amphotropic adjective: describing any virus or bacterium that infects a wide range of hosts.

Adjective

amphotropic (comparative more amphotropic, superlative most amphotropic)

  1. Describing any virus or bacterium that infects a wide range of hosts

Forms of amphotropic

comparativemore amphotropic
superlativemost amphotropic

Origin of amphotropic

From ampho- + -tropic.

Questions about amphotropic

What does amphotropic mean?
Amphotropic means describing any virus or bacterium that infects a wide range of hosts.
What part of speech is amphotropic?
Amphotropic is an adjective.

Words near amphotropic in the dictionary

  1. amphothericin
  2. amphothericins
  3. amphotonia
  4. amphotony
  5. amphotrophic
  6. amphotropic
  7. amphtrack
  8. amphtracks
  9. amphur
  10. amphurs
  11. amphycoelous

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