Virus
polyoma virus Audio
pol·y·o·ma vi·rus [ pol-ee-oh-muh ]
Subclass of:
Polyomaviridae
Definitions related to polyomavirus:
  • A genus of double-stranded DNA viruses. The viral particles are not enveloped and are icosahedral in structure.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of potentially oncogenic viruses of the family POLYOMAVIRIDAE. These viruses are normally present in their natural hosts as latent infections. The virus is oncogenic in hosts different from the species of origin.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Polyomavirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Normally present in hosts as latent infections, potentially oncogenic; host DNA may become enclosed in virus capsids creating a 'pseudovirus'; isolated from man, mouse, rabbit, hamster and several species of monkey.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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