viruslike
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a word derived from
virus.
virusnounan ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nanometers in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
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The project, which began in October 2018, has a budget of about €120,000 to develop a prototype vaccine based on viruslike particles that mimic viruses without being infectious.
From Science Magazine ● May 20, 2020
Because of Deutsche Bank’s size and its connections with hundreds of other major banks around the world, serious problems could spread, viruslike, to other financial institutions.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2020
Although some groups, like the vaccine development team at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, are testing these protein fragments in solution, Liang and his colleagues are trying to assemble them in "viruslike particles."
From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2011
An array of other approaches using genetic engineering, including "viruslike particles" and "synthetic peptides," is also being tested.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2009
Inspectors, who have to certify that the plants are free of viruslike microorganisms known as viroids, must wait until the trees bear fruit and check the apples and pears for viroid scarring and spotting.
From Time Magazine Archive
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