leukovirus

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• Leukovirus — Obsolete term for a former genus composed of the RNA tumor viruses now included in the family Retroviridae. * * * leu·ko·vi·rus or chiefly Brit leu·co·vi·rus lü kō .vī rəs n any of various retroviruses (as the Rous sarcoma virus) that cause… …   Medical dictionary

• List of viruses — This is a list of biological viruses. See also List of computer viruses This is a list of biological viruses, and types of viruses. Please add to this list as appropriate. Note that some of these terms may be synonyms for the same virus; if there …   Wikipedia

• Esox lymphosarcoma-associated virus — a leukovirus like agent isolated from pike with lymphosarcoma but relationship to latter unknown …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• leucinuria — The excretion of leucine in the urine. * * * leu·cin·uria .lü sə n(y)u̇r ē ə n the presence of leucine in the urine Each boldface word in the list below is a chiefly British variant of the word to its right in small capitals. leucoagglutinin… …   Medical dictionary

• retrovirus — /ˈrɛtroʊvaɪrəs / (say retrohvuyruhs) noun any of a family of single stranded RNA viruses, Retroviridae, containing reverse transcriptase, an enzyme which facilitates the transcriptions of RNA to DNA (the reverse of the more usual transcription of …  

• leucovirus — var. leukovirus …   Useful english dictionary