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papillomavirus
[ pap-uh-loh-muh-vahy-ruhs ]
/ 藢p忙p 蓹藞lo蕣 m蓹藢va瑟 r蓹s /
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noun, plural pap路il路lo路ma路vi路rus路es.
any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
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Words nearby papillomavirus
papilla, papillary, papillary muscle, papilliform, papilloma, papillomavirus, papillon, papillose, papillote, Papinian, papism
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How to use papillomavirus in a sentence
Other vaccines contain proteins from the coronavirus, which is also how common immunizations against Hepatitis B and human papillomavirus work.
Cervical cancer is most often caused by the human papillomavirus, a type of sexually transmitted infection, and a vaccine that prevents many strains of HPV has been available since 2006.
2020 isn鈥檛 all bad. Here are 13 science stories to be thankful for.|Rachel Feltman, Sara Chodosh|November 26, 2020|Popular-ScienceMuch of this increase is due to human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that is also strongly linked to cervical cancer.