papovavirus

Definitions of papovavirus
  1. noun
    any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas
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    types:
    human papilloma virus
    any of a group of papovaviruses associated with genital or oral carcinomas or a group associated with benign genital tumors
    polyoma, polyoma virus
    a virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice
    type of:
    animal virus
    an animal pathogen that is a virus
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