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coronavirion

coronavirion noun: an individual particle of a coronavirus.

Noun

coronavirion (plural coronavirions)

  1. An individual particle of a coronavirus.
    • Recent biochemical studies have revealed that the single-stranded RNA of several coronaviruses is polyadenylated, indicating that it is probably of positive polarity, and the genome of infectious bronchitis virus has been reported to be infectious, supporting evidence that the coronavirion RNA has...1979 January, Douglas A. Kennedy, “Inhibition of coronavirus 229E replication by actinomycin D”, in Journal of Virology, volume 29, number 1, page 401
    • Coronavirions are pleomorphic, although generally spherical, 60 to 220 nm in diameter and bear widely spaced, club-shaped surface projections about 20 nm in length.1983, Stuart Siddell, “The Biology of Coronaviruses”, in Journal of General Virology, volume 64, page 761

Forms of coronavirion

pluralcoronavirions

Origin of coronavirion

Blend of coronavirus + virion.

Questions about coronavirion

What does coronavirion mean?
Coronavirion means an individual particle of a coronavirus.
What part of speech is coronavirion?
Coronavirion is a noun.
What is the plural of coronavirion?
The plural of coronavirion is coronavirions.

Words near coronavirion in the dictionary

  1. coronator
  2. coronatorial
  3. coronators
  4. coronatos
  5. coronaviral
  6. coronavirion
  7. coronavirions
  8. coronavirologist
  9. coronavirologists
  10. coronavirology
  11. coronavirosis

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