FILTERABLE VIRUS


Meaning of FILTERABLE VIRUS in English

Function: noun

Date: 1911

: any of the infectious agents that pass through a filter of diatomite or unglazed porcelain with the filtrate and remain virulent and that include the viruses as presently understood and various other groups (as the mycoplasmas and rickettsias) which were orig. considered viruses before their cellular nature was established

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