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subviral

subviral adjective: pertaining to a structural part of a virus.

Adjective

subviral (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a structural part of a virus.
    • Consider a typical definition for "virus": a transmissible agent that in extracellular form consists of a DNA or RNA genome minimally packaged within a protein coat, replicating by the coordinated assembly of subviral components, rather than by growth and division. "2009 February 13, Donald B. Stoltz, James B. Whitfield, “VIROLOGY: Making Nice with Viruses”, in Science, volume 323, number 5916, →DOI, pages 884–885

Origin of subviral

From sub- + viral.

Questions about subviral

What does subviral mean?
Subviral means pertaining to a structural part of a virus.
What part of speech is subviral?
Subviral is an adjective.

Words near subviral in the dictionary

  1. subviews
  2. subvillage
  3. subvillages
  4. subvillain
  5. subvillains
  6. subviral
  7. subvirial
  8. subvirion
  9. subvirions
  10. subvirus
  11. subviruses

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