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subvirus

subvirus noun: an organism or substance, such as a viral protein, that is smaller than a virus and has some viral properties.

Noun

subvirus (plural subviruses)

  1. An organism or substance, such as a viral protein, that is smaller than a virus and has some viral properties.
    • Grélard et al.⁸⁷ determined the intimate structure of pseudoviral particles of hepatitis B subvirus using solid-state NMR, light scattering, and cryo-electron microscopy.2015, Slawomir Pikula, Joanna Bandorowicz-Pikula, Patrick Groves, “NMR of lipids”, in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, volume 44, Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, →ISSN, page 391

Forms of subvirus

pluralsubviruses

Origin of subvirus

From sub- + virus.

Questions about subvirus

What does subvirus mean?
Subvirus means an organism or substance, such as a viral protein, that is smaller than a virus and has some viral properties.
What part of speech is subvirus?
Subvirus is a noun.
What is the plural of subvirus?
The plural of subvirus is subviruses.

Words near subvirus in the dictionary

  1. subvillains
  2. subviral
  3. subvirial
  4. subvirion
  5. subvirions
  6. subvirus
  7. subviruses
  8. subviscid
  9. subvisible
  10. subvisual
  11. subvisually

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