HyperDic: slow_virus

English > 1 sense of the expression slow virus:
NOUNanimalslow virusa virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear
English > slow virus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear.
Example"kuru is caused by a slow virus"
Broadervirus(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts

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