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virinonoun
(microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins
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Virino
The virino is a hypothetical infectious particle that was once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; it was thought to consist of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins. The hypothesis was never widely accepted, and the causative agents responsible for these diseases are now widely accepted to be prions.
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virino
A virino is a hypothetical infectious particle that is smaller than a virus and consists of a small piece of genetic material, such as RNA or DNA, typically enclosed within a protein. The concept of a virino is used to explain diseases whose agents do not seem to contain genetic material.
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Virino
The virino is a hypothetical infectious particle theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; it is thought to consist of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins. The major problem regarding scrapie and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies is to determine the nature of the transmission agent.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of virino in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of virino in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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