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viropexis

viropexis noun: the process whereby certain viruses become attached to a cell surface membrane and are incorporated into the host cell.

Noun

viropexis (uncountable)

  1. The process whereby certain viruses become attached to a cell surface membrane and are incorporated into the host cell.

Questions about viropexis

What does viropexis mean?
Viropexis means the process whereby certain viruses become attached to a cell surface membrane and are incorporated into the host cell.
What part of speech is viropexis?
Viropexis is a noun.

Words near viropexis in the dictionary

  1. viromics
  2. viron
  3. vironegative
  4. vironeutralisation
  5. viropause
  6. viropexis
  7. virophage
  8. virophages
  9. virophagy
  10. viroplasm
  11. viroplasmic

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