virino
/vɪˈriːnəʊ/noun
(pl. -os)
- Microbiology a hypothetical infectious particle postulated as the cause of scrapie, BSE, and CJD, consisting of non-coding nucleic acid in a protective coat made from host cell proteins【微生物】朊病毒。参见
PRION2 .
词源
1970s: from VIRUS + the diminutive suffix -ino.