POLIOVIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poliovirus mean? 

• POLIOVIRUS (noun)
  The noun POLIOVIRUS has 1 sense:

1. the virus causing poliomyelitis

  Familiarity information: POLIOVIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLIOVIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The virus causing poliomyelitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("poliovirus" is a kind of...):

enterovirus (any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system))

 Context examples 

Arildone interacts directly with the poliovirus capsid and prevents uncoating in infected cells.

(Arildone, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of potency of poliovirus vaccine expressed as a number of D antigen units per one milliliter of vaccine formulation.

(D Antigen Unit per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

It is caused by the poliovirus.

(Acute Poliomyelitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of potency of poliovirus vaccine used for poliomyelitis prevention.

(D Antigen Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular vaccination, inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) activates the immune system to develop antibodies against polioviruses.

(Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A fungal toxin isolated from Arachniotus aureus with activity against RNA viruses such as poliovirus, coxsackie virus, and rhino- and parainfluenza viruses.

(Aranotin, NCI Thesaurus)

Poliovirus is an enterovirus.

(Enterovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine consisting of inactivated poliovirus (IPV) types 1,2 and 3, with active immunizing activity against poliomyelitis.

(Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The unit is poliovirus type-specific.

(D Antigen Unit, NCI Thesaurus)