n.
Pronunciation: ' kap-s ə d
Function: noun
Etymology: French capside, from Latin capsa case + French -ide 2 -id
Date: 1959
: the protein shell of a virus particle surrounding its nucleic acid
n.
Pronunciation: ' kap-s ə d
Function: noun
Etymology: French capside, from Latin capsa case + French -ide 2 -id
Date: 1959
: the protein shell of a virus particle surrounding its nucleic acid
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012