RETROVIRUS


Meaning of RETROVIRUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈre-trō-ˌvī-rəs ]

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

• ret·ro·vi·ral -rəl adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.