Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or being a particle that consists of either genetic material or protein and is smaller than a virus but has some of the properties of a virus.
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- adjective Smaller than a
virus .
Etymologies
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sub- + viral.
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Examples
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Purification, serology and nucleic acid of oat sterile dwarf virus subviral particles
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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