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English noun: retrovirus

1. retrovirus (animal) any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell


Broader (hypernym)animal virus


Narrower (hyponym)HIV, HTLV-1, human immunodeficiency virus, human T-cell leukemia virus-1









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