VIRION


Meaning of VIRION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvī-rē-ˌän, ˈvir-ē- ]

noun

Etymology: French, from viri en viral (from virus virus) + -on -on (II)

Date: 1959

: a complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infective form of a virus

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