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tacaribe complex viruses(medicine)
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slud (iou) and lcm-lassa complex viruses (medicine)


slud (iou)



slud noun. L18.
[Origin uncertain: perh. rel. to Low German sleuder lather, German dial. Schluder slush, mud, or a blend of SLUDGE noun + MUD noun1.]
Mud. dial. L18.
spec. in Geology. Soil or similar material made susceptible to solifluction, esp. by saturation with water from underlying permafrost. Cf. SLUDGE verb 6. M20.

lcm-lassa complex viruses (medicine)


lcm-lassa complex viruses


One of two groups of viruses in the arenavirus genus and considered part of the old world complex. It includes lassa virus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, although the latter has worldwide distribution now.