noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1975 any of a family ( Retroviridae ) of single-stranded RNA viruses (as HIV) that produce reverse transcriptase by means of which DNA is produced using their RNA as a template and incorporated into the genome of infected cells and that include numerous tumorigenic viruses, retroviral adjective
RETROVIRUS
Meaning of RETROVIRUS in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012