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SLOW VIRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slow virus mean?
• SLOW VIRUS (noun)
The noun SLOW VIRUS has 1 sense:
1. a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear
Familiarity information: SLOW VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Context example:
kuru is caused by a slow virus
Hypernyms ("slow virus" is a kind of...):
virus ((virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein)
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