Definitions for virusoidˈvaɪ rəˌsɔɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vi•rus•oidˈvaɪ rəˌsɔɪd(n.)

  1. a small particle of RNA associated with the larger RNA of some infectious plant viruses.

    Category: Microbiology

    Ref: Compare viroid.

Origin of virusoid:

1980–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. viroid, virusoid(noun)

    the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat

Wiktionary

  1. virusoid(Noun)

    A circular single-stranded RNA, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation.


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