virosis en · NOUN
Etymology
From virus + -osis.
Meanings
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Any disease caused by a virus.
In her investigations on the viroses of tobacco and potato and on cucumber mosaic in solanaceous hosts, Hoggan showed that the presence or absence of vacuolate bodies , and in some cases the combined presence of vacuolate bodies and striate material have undoubted value for the identification of certain viroses.
1931, Phytopathology, volume 21, numbers 1-6, page 590:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| viroses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |