| NOUN | animal | slow virus | a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear |
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| Meaning | A virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear. | |
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| Example | "kuru is caused by a slow virus" | |
| Broader | virus | (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts |
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