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POLYOMA VIRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polyoma virus mean?
• POLYOMA VIRUS (noun)
The noun POLYOMA VIRUS has 1 sense:
1. a virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice
Familiarity information: POLYOMA VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
polyoma; polyoma virus
Hypernyms ("polyoma virus" is a kind of...):
papovavirus (any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas)
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