See Also: mouse mammary tumour virus(medicine)
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mammary tumour virus of mice(medicine)
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vermiculite (medicine) and mouse mammary tumour virus (medicine)


vermiculite (medicine)


vermiculite
<chemical> A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.

Origin: L. Vermiculus, dim. Of vermis worm.

Source: Websters Dictionary


mouse mammary tumour virus (medicine)


mouse mammary tumour virus -->
mammary tumour virus of mice
Member of the retrovirus subfamily Oncornavirinae, antigenically distinct from the murine leukaemia-sarcoma complex, that is associated with adenocarcinomatous tumours of the mammary gland, commonly latent in wild and laboratory mice and causing cancer only in genetically susceptible strains under certain hormonal influences.

Synonym: Bittner agent, Bittner virus, Bittner's milk factor, mammary cancer virus of mice, milk factor, mouse mammary tumour virus.