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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

semipersistent en · ADJ

Etymology

From semi- + persistent.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Somewhat persistent, but not permanent.
    • semipersistent foliage
  2. (not-comparable, of virus transmission) Involving the virus entering the foregut of an insect.
    • The virus particle formation is also important for vector transmission due to the high RNase activities in regurgitant of leaf-feeding beetles who can transmit sobemoviruses in a semipersistent manner. 2015, Merike Sõmera et al., “Overview on Sobemoviruses and a Proposal for the Creation of the Family Sobemoviridae”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI: