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Meaning of retrovirus in English
Pronunciation
/ˈrɛtroʊˌvaɪrəs/
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Noun
retrovirus
Etymology
1970s: modern Latin, from the initial letters of reverse transcriptase+ virus
Definitions
1.
any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA)