See Also: Papovavirus(medicine)
papovavirus(dictionary)

papovavirus (iou)



papovavirus noun. M20.
[from PA(PILLOMA + PO(LYOMA + VA(CUOLATING + VIRUS.]
Microbiology. Any of a group of small animal viruses including those causing polyoma, papilloma, sarcoma, and warts, and consisting of double-stranded DNA in an icosahedral capsid with no envelope.