POXVIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poxvirus mean? 

• POXVIRUS (noun)
  The noun POXVIRUS has 1 sense:

1. any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates

  Familiarity information: POXVIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POXVIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("poxvirus" is a kind of...):

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poxvirus"):

myxoma virus (a poxvirus closely related to smallpox virus; causes benign gelatinous tumors in humans)

smallpox virus; variola virus (the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon)

 Context examples 

A poxvirus made non-infectious by ultraviolet light or other inactivation methods in order to reduce its pathogenicity.

(Inactivated Vaccinia Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

A thiosemicarbazone with activity against poxviruses.

(Methisazone, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine consisting of ALVAC, a highly attenuated poxvirus strain derived from the canarypox virus.

(ALVAC-B7-CEA, NCI Thesaurus)

A poxvirus of the genus Avipoxvirus.

(Canarypox Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Canarypox vectors retain the pancytotropism of most poxviruses, but is unable to productively replicate in non-avian species, thus eliminating the safety concerns exist with other vectors.

(Canarypox Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine consisting of ALVAC, a highly attenuated poxvirus strain derived from the canarypox virus, encoding for the tumor associated antigen (TAA) carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(ALVAC-CEA vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of poxviruses that cause generalized infections with a rash in mammals.

(Orthopoxvirus, NCI Thesaurus)