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retrovirus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.
   • Montagnier soon deduced that this was an RNA virus that could convert its genes into DNA and lodge into the human genome—a retrovirus. 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 318:
2. (qualifier:computer security) A computer virus that seeks to attack antivirus programs in an attempt to avoid detection.

Forms

Deriveds

orthoretrovirus · oncoretrovirus · pararetrovirus · antiretrovirus · gammaretrovirus · spumaretrovirus · endogenous retrovirus

Hyponyms

simiispumavirus · lentivirus · felispumavirus · equispumavirus · alpharetrovirus · orthoretrovirus · betaretrovirus · gammaretrovirus · bovispumavirus · spumaretrovirus · epsilonretrovirus · prosimiispumavirus

Relateds

retrovirology · retrovirologist · retrovirological · retroviral

Translations (19)

ko 레트로바이러스 (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · hi प्रतिविषाणु (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · el ρετροϊός (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · hu retrovírus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · pl retrowirus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · is retróveira (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · fi retrovirus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · cmn 反轉錄病毒 /反转录病毒 (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · cmn 逆轉錄病毒 /逆转录病毒 (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · pt retrovírus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · ru ретровирус (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · fr rétrovirus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · sv retrovirus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · es retrovirus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · is víxlveira (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · it retrovirus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · ca retrovirus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · de Retrovirus (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell) · ja レトロウイルス (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)