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tumor virus

DEFINITIONS OF: tumor virus

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n a cell-free filtrate held to be a virus responsible for a specific neoplasm

Types:
WTV, wound tumor virus
a tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers
Type of:
virus
(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
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