retrovirus

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations
2 Italian
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

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Retrovirus

[edit] Etymology

From retro- (“reverse”, from its reverse direction of replication) + virus.

[edit] Noun

retrovirus (plural retroviruses)

(virology) A virus that has a genome consisting of RNA.

[edit] Translations

virus with a genome consisting of RNA

Icelandic: víxlveira (is) f., retróveira (is) f.
Italian: retrovirus (it) m.
Spanish: retrovirus (es)

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

English retro- +‎ virus

[edit] Noun

retrovirus m. inv.

retrovirus

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