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gammaretrovirus

gammaretrovirus noun: any retrovirus of the genus Gammaretrovirus.

gammaretrovirus: any retrovirus of the genus Gammaretrovirus
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Noun

gammaretrovirus (plural gammaretroviruses)

  1. Any retrovirus of the genus Gammaretrovirus.

Forms of gammaretrovirus

pluralgammaretroviruses

Origin of gammaretrovirus

From gamma + retrovirus. From Ancient Greek γάμμα/γ/Γ (gámma/g/G) + Latin retro+virus.

Words formed from gammaretrovirus

Questions about gammaretrovirus

What does gammaretrovirus mean?
Gammaretrovirus means any retrovirus of the genus Gammaretrovirus.
What part of speech is gammaretrovirus?
Gammaretrovirus is a noun.
What is the plural of gammaretrovirus?
The plural of gammaretrovirus is gammaretroviruses.

Words near gammaretrovirus in the dictionary

  1. gammaproteobacterial
  2. gammaproteobacterium
  3. gammarellid
  4. gammarellids
  5. gammaretroviral
  6. gammaretrovirus
  7. gammaretroviruses
  8. gammaretroviruslike
  9. gammarid
  10. gammaridean
  11. gammarideans

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