HIV is a retrovirus.
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Retrovirus
Synonyms for "retrovirus"
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17 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- retrovirus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 反轉錄病毒 /反转录病毒 noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
- 逆轉錄病毒 /逆转录病毒 noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Finnish
1 entries- retrovirus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
French
1 entries- rétrovirus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
German
1 entries- Retrovirus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Greek
1 entries- ρετροϊός noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Hungarian
1 entries- retrovírus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Icelandic
2 entries- retróveira noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
- víxlveira noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Italian
1 entries- retrovirus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Japanese
1 entries- レトロウイルス科 noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Polish
1 entries- retrowirus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Portuguese
1 entries- retrovírus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Russian
1 entries- ретровирус noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Spanish
1 entries- retrovirus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Swedish
1 entries- retrovirus noun (any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell)
Sample sentences
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Montagnier soon deduced that this was an RNA virus that could convert its genes into DNA and lodge into the human genome—a retrovirus.
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