retrovirus
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See also: rétrovirus and retrovírus
Etymology
From retro- + virus, from its reverse direction of replication.
Pronunciation
Noun
retrovirus (plural retroviruses)
- (virology) Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 318:
- Montagnier soon deduced that this was an RNA virus that could convert its genes into DNA and lodge into the human genome—a retrovirus.
- (computer security) A computer virus that seeks to attack antivirus programs in an attempt to avoid detection.
Hyponyms
(family)
(genera)
- alpharetrovirus
- betaretrovirus
- bovispumavirus
- epsilonretrovirus
- equispumavirus
- felispumavirus
- gammaretrovirus
- lentivirus
- prosimiispumavirus
- simiispumavirus
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell
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Etymology
Internationalism (see English retrovirus).
Pronunciation
Noun
retrovirus
Declension
| Inflection of retrovirus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | retrovirus | retrovirukset | |
| genitive | retroviruksen | retrovirusten retroviruksien | |
| partitive | retrovirusta | retroviruksia | |
| illative | retrovirukseen | retroviruksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | retrovirus | retrovirukset | |
| accusative | nom. | retrovirus | retrovirukset |
| gen. | retroviruksen | ||
| genitive | retroviruksen | retrovirusten retroviruksien | |
| partitive | retrovirusta | retroviruksia | |
| inessive | retroviruksessa | retroviruksissa | |
| elative | retroviruksesta | retroviruksista | |
| illative | retrovirukseen | retroviruksiin | |
| adessive | retroviruksella | retroviruksilla | |
| ablative | retrovirukselta | retroviruksilta | |
| allative | retrovirukselle | retroviruksille | |
| essive | retroviruksena | retroviruksina | |
| translative | retrovirukseksi | retroviruksiksi | |
| abessive | retroviruksetta | retroviruksitta | |
| instructive | — | retroviruksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “retrovirus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Etymology
Noun
retrovirus m (invariable)
Etymology
Borrowed from English retrovirus.
Noun
retrovirus n (plural retrovirusuri)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) retrovirus | retrovirusul | (niște) retrovirusuri | retrovirusurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) retrovirus | retrovirusului | (unor) retrovirusuri | retrovirusurilor |
| vocative | retrovirusule | retrovirusurilor | ||
Declension of retrovirus
Noun
retrovirus m (plural retrovirus)
Further reading
- “retrovirus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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