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BK virus

BK virus noun: a virus very similar to JC virus, ubiquitous and rarely causing disease in healthy people but creating urogenital problems in the immunosuppressed.

Noun

BK virus (plural BK viruses)

  1. A virus very similar to JC virus, ubiquitous and rarely causing disease in healthy people but creating urogenital problems in the immunosuppressed.

Synonyms of BK virus

Forms of BK virus

pluralBK viruses

Origin of BK virus

From the initials B.K., pertaining to a renal transplant patient whose urine the virus was first isolated from in 1971.

Questions about BK virus

What does BK virus mean?
BK virus means a virus very similar to JC virus, ubiquitous and rarely causing disease in healthy people but creating urogenital problems in the immunosuppressed.
What part of speech is BK virus?
BK virus is a noun.
What is the plural of BK virus?
The plural of BK virus is BK viruses.

Words near BK virus in the dictionary

  1. Bjørgo
  2. Bjørnfjell
  3. bk
  4. BK polyomavirus
  5. BK polyomaviruses
  6. BK virus
  7. BK viruses
  8. bk.
  9. BKA
  10. bkaila
  11. BKC

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