[ raʊs ]
■ noun a form of tumour caused by an RNA virus, which affects birds, particularly poultry.
Origin
early 20th cent.: named after the American physician Francis P. Rous .
[ raʊs ]
■ noun a form of tumour caused by an RNA virus, which affects birds, particularly poultry.
Origin
early 20th cent.: named after the American physician Francis P. Rous .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004