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virion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈvaɪɹiɑn/ (General-American)
  • /ˈvaɪɹiən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈvɪɹiɑn/ (General-American)
  • /ˈvɪɹiɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French virion. By surface analysis, virus + -on.

Meanings

  1. A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell).

Forms

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Deriveds

nonvirion · intravirion · provirion · rotavirion · polydnavirion · previrion · pseudovirion · subvirion · naked virion · intravirionic · kilovirion · viriome · retrovirion · lentivirion · adenovirion · poliovirion · coronavirion · virionic · prion

Relateds

capsid

Translations (12)

pt virião (particle of a virus) · fr virion (particle of a virus) · hu sejten kívüli vírusrészecske (particle of a virus) · de Virion (particle of a virus) · zh 病毒体 (particle of a virus) · ko 비리온 (particle of a virus) · fi virioni (particle of a virus) · es virión (particle of a virus) · cs virion (particle of a virus) · hu egyedülálló vírus (particle of a virus) · pl wirion (particle of a virus) · pt vírion (particle of a virus)