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virotherapy

virotherapy noun: the use of genetically modified viruses to treat cancer.

Noun

virotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural virotherapies)

  1. The use of genetically modified viruses to treat cancer.

Forms of virotherapy

pluralvirotherapies

Origin of virotherapy

From viro- + therapy.

Words formed from virotherapy

Questions about virotherapy

What does virotherapy mean?
Virotherapy means the use of genetically modified viruses to treat cancer.
What part of speech is virotherapy?
Virotherapy is a noun.
What is the plural of virotherapy?
The plural of virotherapy is virotherapies.

Words near virotherapy in the dictionary

  1. virostatics
  2. virotherapeutic
  3. virotherapeutically
  4. virotherapeutics
  5. virotherapies
  6. virotherapy
  7. virotic
  8. virotoxin
  9. virotoxins
  10. virotype
  11. virotypes

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