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subviruses

subviruses is the plural of subvirus.

Meaning of subvirus

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

Questions about subviruses

What is subviruses the plural of?
Subviruses is the plural of subvirus.

Words near subviruses in the dictionary

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

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