"retrovirus" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-retrovirus.wav Forms: retroviruses [plural]
Etymology: From retro- + virus, from its reverse direction of replication. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|retro-|virus}} retro- + virus Head templates: {{en-noun}} retrovirus (plural retroviruses)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Virology Translations (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell): retrovirus [masculine] (Catalan), 逆轉錄病毒 (Chinese Mandarin), 逆转录病毒 (nìzhuǎnlù bìngdú) (Chinese Mandarin), 反轉錄病毒 (Chinese Mandarin), 反转录病毒 (fǎnzhuǎnlù bìngdú) (Chinese Mandarin), retrovirus (Finnish), rétrovirus (French), Retrovirus [neuter] (German), ρετροϊός (retroïós) [masculine] (Greek), retrovírus (Hungarian), víxlveira [feminine] (Icelandic), retróveira [feminine] (Icelandic), retrovirus [masculine] (Italian), レトロウイルス科 (Japanese), retrowirus [masculine] (Polish), retrovírus [masculine] (Portuguese), ретровирус (retrovirus) [masculine] (Russian), retrovirus [masculine] (Spanish), retrovirus [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-retrovirus-en-noun-20PDTtE9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with retro-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with retro-: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21 Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology Disambiguation of 'any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell': 96 4
  2. (computer security) A computer virus that seeks to attack antivirus programs in an attempt to avoid detection. Categories (topical): Computer security, Malware
    Sense id: en-retrovirus-en-noun-molLNJOE Disambiguation of Malware: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antiretrovirus, endogenous retrovirus, gammaretrovirus, oncoretrovirus, orthoretrovirus, spumaretrovirus Related terms: retroviral, retrovirological, retrovirologist, retrovirology
Hyponyms: orthoretrovirus, spumaretrovirus, alpharetrovirus, betaretrovirus, bovispumavirus, epsilonretrovirus, equispumavirus, felispumavirus, gammaretrovirus, lentivirus, prosimiispumavirus, simiispumavirus

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retrovirus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "word": "逆轉錄病毒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nìzhuǎnlù bìngdú",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "word": "逆转录病毒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "word": "反轉錄病毒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnzhuǎnlù bìngdú",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "word": "反转录病毒"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "word": "retrovirus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "word": "rétrovirus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Retrovirus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "retroïós",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ρετροϊός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "word": "retrovírus"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "víxlveira"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retróveira"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retrovirus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "word": "レトロウイルス科"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retrowirus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retrovírus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "retrovirus",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ретровирус"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retrovirus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "retrovirus"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "retrovirus"
  ],
  "word": "retrovirus"
}

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