retrovirus
See also: rétrovirus and retrovírus
English
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.
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- (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
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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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English retrovirus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈretroˌʋirus/, [ˈre̞t̪ro̞ˌʋirus̠]
- Rhymes: -irus
- Syllabification(key): ret‧ro‧vi‧rus
Declension
| Inflection of retrovirus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| instructive | — | retroviruksin | ||
| abessive | retroviruksetta | retroviruksitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Romanian
Etymology
From English retrovirus.
Declension
Declension of retrovirus
| singular | plural | |||
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| 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 | ||
Spanish
Further reading
- “retrovirus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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