LENTIVIRUS


Meaning of LENTIVIRUS in English

/len"teuh vuy'reuhs/ , n. , pl. lentiviruses .

any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.

[ LENTI(CULAR) + VIRUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .