lentivirus

[ len-tuh-vahy-ruhs ]

/ ˈlɛn təˌvaɪ rəs /

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noun, plural len·ti·vi·rus·es.

any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.

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Origin of lentivirus

lenti(cular) + virus

Words nearby lentivirus

lentigo, lentil, lentil cut, lentisk, lentissimo, lentivirus, lent lily, lento, lentoid, Lent term, Lenya

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How to use lentivirus in a sentence

The team first developed an improved lentivirus production-and-delivery recipe so that the tools better integrated into primary human T cells.
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British Dictionary definitions for lentivirus

lentivirus

/ (ˈlɛntɪˌvaɪrəs) /

noun

any of a group of slowly acting viruses that includes the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS

Word Origin for lentivirus

C20: from Latin lentus slow + virus

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