Oncovirus

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• oncovirus — Miembro de una familia de virus asociados a la leucemia y al sarcoma en animales y, posiblemente, en humanos. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

• oncovirus — [äŋ kôr΄nə vī′rəsäŋ′kə vī΄rəs] n. any of a group of retroviruses variously causing tumors, sarcomas, and leukemias: also oncornavirus [äŋ kôr΄nə vī′rəs] * * * …   Universalium

• oncovirus — [äŋ kôr΄nə vī′rəsäŋ′kə vī΄rəs] n. any of a group of retroviruses variously causing tumors, sarcomas, and leukemias: also oncornavirus [äŋ kôr΄nə vī′rəs] …   English World dictionary

• Oncovirus — An oncovirus is a virus that can cause cancer. This term originated from studies of acutely transforming retroviruses in the 1950–60s, often called oncornaviruses to denote their RNA virus origin. It now refers to any virus with a DNA or RNA… …   Wikipedia

• Oncovirus — Un oncovirus désigne un virus qui est à l origine de cancer. Portail de la virologie Catégorie : Virus …   Wikipédia en Français

• oncovirus — Term formerly used to describe any virus of the subfamily Oncovirinae. SEE ALSO: oncogenic virus. * * * on·co·vi·rus äŋ kō .vī rəs n any of the tumor forming RNA viruses formerly grouped in a subfamily (Oncovirinae) of the family (Retroviridae)… …   Medical dictionary

• Oncovirus — Grupo especial de virus que cuando infectan células tienen la capacidad de alterar el ciclo celular induciendo el desarrollo de tumores. Los mejor caracterizados son los retrovirus, los cuales durante la infección, integran su ADN al genoma de la …   Enciclopedia Universal

• oncovirus — on·co·virus …   English syllables

• oncovirus — on•co•vi•rus [[t]ˈɒŋ kəˌvaɪ rəs[/t]] or on•cor•na•vi•rus [[t]ɒŋˈkɔr nə [/t]] n. pl. rus•es. mcr any retrovirus of the subfamily Oncovirinae, capable of producing tumors • Etymology: 1965–70; onco (+RNA) +virus …   From formal English to slang

• oncovirus — ˈäŋkōˌ, ˈän ˌ noun Etymology: New Latin, from onco + virus (I) : any of the retroviruses that cause tumor formation and are now placed in several distinct genera but were formerly included in their own subfamily (Oncovirinae) …   Useful english dictionary