subviral

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ viral.

Adjective

subviral (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a structural part of a virus.
   • 2009 February 13, Donald B. Stoltz & James B. Whitfield, “VIROLOGY: Making Nice with Viruses”, in Science‎^[1], volume 323, number 5916, →DOI, pages 884-885:

     Consider a typical definition for "virus": a transmissible agent that in extracellular form consists of a DNA or RNA genome minimally packaged within a protein coat, replicating by the coordinated assembly of subviral components, rather than by growth and division. "