polyomavirus

Questions

What does polyomavirus mean?

Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals.

Where does polyomavirus come from?

From polyoma + virus.

How to pronounce polyomavirus

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