viroid

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Hans-Friedrich Tamke (talk | contribs) as of 18:45, 1 September 2021.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

From virus +‎ -oid.

Noun

viroid (plural viroids)

  1. A short section of RNA but without the protein coat typical of viruses, that are plant pathogens
  2. Certain defective viruses, such as hepatitis D, a human pathogen.

Synonyms

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.

Translations

References

Anagrams

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=viroid&oldid=63814148"