retrovirus

From retro- +‎ virus, from its reverse direction of replication.

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retrovirus (plural retroviruses)

1. (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.

2. (computer security) A computer virus that seeks to attack antivirus programs in an attempt to avoid detection.

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Internationalism (see English retrovirus).

• IPA^(key): /ˈretroˌʋirus/, [ˈre̞t̪ro̞ˌʋirus̠]
• Rhymes: -irus
• Syllabification^(key): ret‧ro‧vi‧rus
• Hyphenation^(key): retro‧virus

retrovirus

1. (virology) retrovirus

• “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 3 July 2023

From English retro- +‎ virus.

retrovirus m (invariable)

1. retrovirus

Borrowed from English retrovirus.

retrovirus n (plural retrovirusuri)

1. retrovirus

• IPA^(key): /retɾoˈbiɾus/ [re.t̪ɾoˈβ̞i.ɾus]
• Rhymes: -iɾus
• Syllabification: re‧tro‧vi‧rus

retrovirus m (plural retrovirus)

1. (virology) retrovirus

• “retrovirus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024