retrovirus
See also: rétrovirus and retrovírus
English edit
Etymology edit
From retro- + virus, from its reverse direction of replication.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
retrovirus (plural retroviruses)
- (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.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 318:
- Montagnier soon deduced that this was an RNA virus that could convert its genes into DNA and lodge into the human genome—a retrovirus.
- (computer security) A computer virus that seeks to attack antivirus programs in an attempt to avoid detection.
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Translations edit
any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English retrovirus).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
retrovirus
Declension edit
Inflection of retrovirus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | retrovirus | retrovirukset | ||
genitive | retroviruksen | retrovirusten retroviruksien | ||
partitive | retrovirusta | retroviruksia | ||
illative | retrovirukseen | retroviruksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | retrovirus | retrovirukset | ||
accusative | nom. | retrovirus | retrovirukset | |
gen. | retroviruksen | |||
genitive | retroviruksen | retrovirusten retroviruksien | ||
partitive | retrovirusta | retroviruksia | ||
inessive | retroviruksessa | retroviruksissa | ||
elative | retroviruksesta | retroviruksista | ||
illative | retrovirukseen | retroviruksiin | ||
adessive | retroviruksella | retroviruksilla | ||
ablative | retrovirukselta | retroviruksilta | ||
allative | retrovirukselle | retroviruksille | ||
essive | retroviruksena | retroviruksina | ||
translative | retrovirukseksi | retroviruksiksi | ||
abessive | retroviruksetta | retroviruksitta | ||
instructive | — | retroviruksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “retrovirus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
retrovirus m (invariable)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English retrovirus.
Noun edit
retrovirus n (plural retrovirusuri)
Declension edit
Declension of retrovirus
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) retrovirus | retrovirusul | (niște) retrovirusuri | retrovirusurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) retrovirus | retrovirusului | (unor) retrovirusuri | retrovirusurilor |
vocative | retrovirusule | retrovirusurilor |
Spanish edit
Noun edit
retrovirus m (plural retrovirus)
Further reading edit
- “retrovirus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014