retrovirus

See also: rétrovirus and retrovírus

English

Etymology

retro- +‎ virus, from its reverse direction of replication.

Noun

retrovirus (plural retroviruses)

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

Translations

virus with a genome consisting of RNA

• Catalan: retrovirus (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逆轉錄病毒／逆转录病毒 (zh) (nìzhuǎnlù bìngdú), 逆转录病毒 (zh) (nìzhuǎnlù bìngdú), 反轉錄病毒／反转录病毒 (zh), 反转录病毒 (zh) (fǎnzhuǎnlù bìngdú)

• Finnish: retrovirus
• French: rétrovirus (fr)
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• Icelandic: víxlveira f, retróveira f
• Italian: retrovirus (it) m
• Portuguese: retrovírus m
• Russian: ретровирус (ru) m (retrovirus)
• Spanish: retrovirus m

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] English retro- +‎ virus

Noun

retrovirus m (uncountable)

1. retrovirus

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Spanish

Noun

retrovirus m (plural retrovirus)

1. (virology) retrovirus