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provirus

Pronunciation: /prəʊˈvʌɪrəs/

Definition of provirus

noun

Microbiology
  • the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into, and able to replicate with, the genome of a host cell.

Derivatives

proviral

adjective

provirus in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of provirus in the US English dictionary