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xenotropic

xenotropic adjective: describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host.

Adjective

xenotropic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host.
    • An article published online Thursday in the journal Science reports that 68 of 101 patients with the syndrome, or 67 percent, were infected with an infectious virus, xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV. By contrast, only 3.7 percent of 218 healthy people were infected.2009 October 9, Denise Grady, “Virus Is Found in Many With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”, in New York Times

Origin of xenotropic

From xeno- + -tropic.

Words that rhyme with xenotropic

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Questions about xenotropic

What does xenotropic mean?
Xenotropic means describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host.
What part of speech is xenotropic?
Xenotropic is an adjective.

Words near xenotropic in the dictionary

  1. xenotransplantings
  2. xenotransplants
  3. xenotrichulid
  4. xenotrichulids
  5. xenotrophic
  6. xenotropic
  7. xenotropism
  8. xenotumor
  9. xenotumors
  10. xenoturbellan
  11. xenoturbellans

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