LENTIVIRUS


Meaning of LENTIVIRUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌlen-tə-ˈvī-rəs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin lentus slow + New Latin virus

Date: 1979

: any of a genus ( Lentivirus ) of retroviruses that cause slowly progressive often fatal human and animal diseases (as AIDS)

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