PAPOVAVIRUS

papovavirus

(noun) any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

papovavirus (plural papovaviruses)

(archaic, virology) Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae families, of viruses that cause papillomas or polyomas in animals.

Source: Wiktionary



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NAUSEATING

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”


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