ˌpälēˈōmə- noun
or polyoma
( -s )
Etymology: New Latin polyoma , from poly- + -oma
: any of a genus ( Polyomavirus ) of papovaviruses that affect various vertebrates and includes one that induces tumors in rodents and two that cause an asymptomatic human infection that becomes laten in the kidney and is often reactivated in immunocompromised individuals