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Definition: Retrovirus |
RetrovirusNoun1. Any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Medicine | A member of a group of RNA viruses, the RNA of which is copied during viral replication into DNA by reverse transcriptase. The viral DNA is then able to be integrated into the host chromosomal DNA. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The retrovirus genome contains at least three genes:
Another feature common to all retrovirises is a lipid envelope surrounding their capsid. It is essential for their function. This explains why retroviruses can be killed by just washing hands.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Retrovirus."
Crosswords: Retrovirus |
| English words defined with "retrovirus": HTLV-1, human T-cell leukemia virus-1. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "retrovirus": HIV Enteropathy, HIV-2, human immunodeficiency virus type 1, human immunodeficiency virus type 2 ♦ Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus ♦ Leukemia Virus, Feline, Leukemia Virus, Gibbon Ape ♦ porcine endogenous retrovirus B, porcine endogenous retrovirus B1, porcine endogenous retrovirus C, Proviruses, Pulmonary Adenomatosis, Ovine ♦ Saints, spleen necrosis virus. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Retrovirus" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (retrovirus). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | This schematic illustration shows how a human therapeutic gene is inserted into a deactivated mouse retrovirus. The retrovirus then attaches to and empties its genetic material into a patient's cell (in the laboratory). The therapeutic human gene is integrated into the patient's DNA and replaces the "defective" gene, in the treatment for ADA. See artwork: GR-10.Credit: Jeannie Kelly (artist). |
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| "Retrovirus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Retrovirus" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
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Expressions using "retrovirus": Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus ♦ porcine endogenous retrovirus B ♦ porcine endogenous retrovirus B1 ♦ porcine endogenous retrovirus C. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "retrovirus": retrovirus-associated, retrovirus-mediated. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
retrovirus | 70 |
conference retrovirus | 5 |
hiv retrovirus sida | 3 |
endogenous retrovirus | 2 |
retrovirus virus | 2 |
aids retrovirus | 2 |
human retrovirus | 2 |
definition retrovirus | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "retrovirus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | retrovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | retrovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | retrovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rétrovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Retrovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρετροϊός, ρετροϊοί. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | retrovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | レトルト食品 (Lebanon, Lennon, lever, leverage, liver, packed and sterilised food, rehabilitation, renumber, retort pack, retrospective, rhenium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | レトロウイルス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etrovirusray retrovírus. (various references) retrovirus (oncornavirus, oncovirus). (various references) retrovirus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "retrovirus": retroviruses. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "retrovirus" (pronounced re'trōvī"rus) |
| 6 | -ō v ī" r u s | cytomegalovirus. |
| 5 | -v ī" r u s | virus. |
| 4 | -ī" r u s | desirous, Iris. |
| 3 | -r u s | actress, ambassadress, ambidextrous, arris, Brontosaurus, buttress, chorus, Cirrus, citrus, congress, Cypress, Cyprus, dextrous, disastrous, embarrass, estrous, estrus, ferrous, fibrous, fortress, hantavirus, headmistress, heiress, hubris, huntress, hydrous, idolatrous, ludicrous, lustrous, Madras, maquiladoras, mattress, mistress, monstrous, Morris, nitrous, nonferrous, ogress, polyandrous, porous, puris, seamstress, sorus, stegosaurus, temptress, terrace, thesaurus, Tyrannosaurus, waitress, walrus, wondrous. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-o-r-r-r-s-t-u-v" | |
-1 letter: roturiers. | |
-2 letters: overstir, reovirus, roturier, servitor, virtuose, vitreous. | |
-3 letters: outvies, revisor, revuist, rioters, roister, rouster, routers, rustier, sorrier, stirrer, stourie, striver, stuiver, terrors, tourers, trouser, trovers, virtues. | |
-4 letters: errors, ouster, outers, outvie, resort, retros, rioter, rivers, rivets, rosier, roster, rouser, router, routes, rovers, sorter, sortie, sourer, souter, soviet, stiver, stoure, stover, strive, strove, suiter. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-o-r-r-r-s-t-u-v" | |
+2 letters: retroviruses. | |
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