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Sendai virus

Sendai virus noun: a virus, of genus Respirovirus, found in mice but is not pathogenic for humans; it has the ability to generate heterokaryons by fusing cells.

Noun

Sendai virus (uncountable)

  1. a virus, of genus Respirovirus, found in mice but is not pathogenic for humans; it has the ability to generate heterokaryons by fusing cells

Questions about Sendai virus

What does Sendai virus mean?
Sendai virus means a virus, of genus Respirovirus, found in mice but is not pathogenic for humans; it has the ability to generate heterokaryons by fusing cells.
What part of speech is Sendai virus?
Sendai virus is a noun.

Words near Sendai virus in the dictionary

  1. send-up
  2. send-ups
  3. sendable
  4. Sendai
  5. Sendai River
  6. Sendai virus
  7. Sendakian
  8. sendal
  9. sendaline
  10. sendalines
  11. sendals

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