| ADENOVIRUSES | • adenoviruses n. Plural of adenovirus. • ADENOVIRUS n. any of a group of viruses that attack the upper respiratory tract. |
| ARENAVIRUSES | • arenaviruses n. Plural of arenavirus. |
| BUNYAVIRUSES | • bunyaviruses n. Plural of bunyavirus. |
| FLAVIVIRUSES | • flaviviruses n. Plural of flavivirus. • FLAVIVIRUS n. a virus of the Flaviridae family, which includes the virus responsible for yellow fever. |
| HANTAVIRUSES | • hantaviruses n. Plural of hantavirus. • HANTAVIRUS n. an often fatal virus with flu-like symptoms. |
| LENTIVIRUSES | • lentiviruses n. Plural of lentivirus. • LENTIVIRUS n. any of a group of retroviruses producing illnesses characterized by a delay in the onset of symptoms after infection. |
| ONCORNAVIRUS | • oncornavirus n. Any of a group of RNA viruses, of the subfamily Oncornvirinae in the family Retroviridae, that cause… • ONCORNAVIRUS n. an oncogenic RNA virus. |
| PARVOVIRUSES | • parvoviruses n. Plural of parvovirus. • PARVOVIRUS n. a DNA-containing animal virus. |
| PICORNAVIRUS | • picornavirus n. Any of the family Picornaviridae of RNA viruses, many of which are pathogenic, causing diseases such… • PICORNAVIRUS n. one of a group of very small RNA viruses, including Cocksackle virus. |
| POLIOVIRUSES | • polioviruses n. Plural of poliovirus. • POLIOVIRUS n. a virus causing polio. |
| POLYOMAVIRUS | • polyomavirus n. Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals. • Polyomavirus prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Polyomaviridae – now split into genera Alphapolyomavirus… |
| RETROVIRUSES | • retroviruses n. Plural of retrovirus. • RETROVIRUS n. any of a group of viruses whose genetic material is encoded in the form of RNA rather than DNA. |
| RHINOVIRUSES | • rhinoviruses n. Plural of rhinovirus. • RHINOVIRUS n. a virus belonging to a subgroup thought to be responsible for the common cold. |
| ULTRAVIRUSES | • ultraviruses n. Plural of ultravirus. • ULTRAVIRUS n. a virus small enough to pass through the finest filter. |
| VIRULIFEROUS | • viruliferous adj. (Biology, agriculture) Virus-carrying, especially of insects which infest agricultural crops. • VIRULIFEROUS adj. containing, producing, or conveying an agent of infection and esp. a virus. |