Virosis
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any disease caused by a virus.
"In her investigations on the viroses of tobacco and potato and on cucumber mosaic in solanaceous hosts, Hoggan showed that the presence or absence of vacuolate bodies , and in some cases the combined presence of vacuolate bodies and striate material have undoubted value for the identification of certain viroses."
Example
More examples"In her investigations on the viroses of tobacco and potato and on cucumber mosaic in solanaceous hosts, Hoggan showed that the presence or absence of vacuolate bodies , and in some cases the combined presence of vacuolate bodies and striate material have undoubted value for the identification of certain viroses."
Etymology
From virus + -osis.
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