Definition of Polyomavirus

1. Noun. a papovavirus that induces a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals ¹

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Medical Definition of Polyomavirus

1. A papovavirus (genus Polyomavirus, family Papovaviridae) which is a DNA tumour virus with very small genome. Polyoma was isolated from mice, in which it causes no obvious disease, but when injected at high titre into baby rodents, including mice, it causes tumours of a wide variety of histological types (hence polyoma). In vitro, infected mouse cells are permissive for virus replication and thus are killed, whilst hamster cells undergo abortive infection and at a low frequency become transformed. It is capable of producing parotid tumours in mice and sarcomas in hamsters as well as tumours in other laboratory animals. Synonym: mouse parotid tumour virus. (22 Sep 2002)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyomavirus

polyodic
polyodont
polyodontia
polyoestrous
polyoicous
polyol
polyol pathway
polyolefin
polyolefine
polyolefines
polyolefins
polyols
polyoma
polyoma virus
polyomas
polyomavirus (current term)
polyomavirus hominis 1
polyomavirus hominis 2
polyomavirus macacae
polyomaviruses
polyomino
polyominoes
polyommatous
polyonchosis
polyoncosis
polyonomous
polyonomy
polyonychia
polyonym
polyonymies

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