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neurovariant

neurovariant noun: a strain of a virus that affects neural tissue.

Noun

neurovariant (plural neurovariants)

  1. A strain of a virus that affects neural tissue.
    • The wholly negative results obtained during attempts to restore the hepatotropic attribute to patency in the neurovariant of the 90th passage suggest that the agent might be classified as neurostable at that level.1950, Rockefeller Foundation. International Health Division, Collected Papers by Members of the Staff - Volume 27, page 426
    • Thus, while studying the effect of a neurovariant of the influenza virus on mouse tumors (Gardner's lymphosarcoma, sarcoma-37, sarcoma-180, and neuroblastoma MT-65) and also on the Brown-Pearce tumor, Wagner detected a marked suppression of the growth of mouse neuroblastoma MT-65.1967, JPRS, page 11

Forms of neurovariant

pluralneurovariants

Origin of neurovariant

From neuro- + variant.

Questions about neurovariant

What does neurovariant mean?
Neurovariant means a strain of a virus that affects neural tissue.
What part of speech is neurovariant?
Neurovariant is a noun.
What is the plural of neurovariant?
The plural of neurovariant is neurovariants.

Words near neurovariant in the dictionary

  1. neurotypically
  2. neurotypicals
  3. neurotypicity
  4. neurourological
  5. neurourology
  6. neurovariant
  7. neurovariants
  8. neurovascular
  9. neurovascularization
  10. neurovascularly
  11. neurovasculature

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