chordopoxvirus

English

Noun

chordopoxvirus (plural chordopoxviruses)

1. Any virus of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae.

   Synonym: chordopox

   • 2010, Brian W.J. Mahy, Desk Encyclopedia of Human and Medical Virology, page 242:

     Within chordopoxviruses the gene order in the central genome region is fairly well conserved, with two exceptions.