virino
English
editNoun
editvirino (plural virinos)
- (biology) A hypothetical infectious particle, consisting of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins, once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.
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editEsperanto
editEtymology
editFrom viro (“man”) + -ino (“female”).
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Noun
editvirino (accusative singular virinon, plural virinoj, accusative plural virinojn)
Hypernyms
edit- homo (“human being”)
- persono (“person”)
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editSee also
edit- femino
- homino (“female human being”)
- ino (“female”, noun)
Italian
editVerb
editvirino
- inflection of virare:
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