viroid

English

Etymology

From virus +‎ -oid.

Noun

viroid (plural viroids) (virology)

1. A short section of RNA but without the protein coat typical of viruses, that are plant pathogens
2. Any of certain defective viruses, such as hepatitis D, a human pathogen.

Synonyms

• Viroidales

Translations

certain defective viruses

• French: viroïde (fr) m
• Icelandic: veirungur m
• Portuguese: viroide m

References

• viroid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• viroid on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Vidrio