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Adenovirus
Osmosis
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DNA virus
hepadnaviridae
herpesviridae
parvoviridae
poxviridae
baculoviridae
Virus
adenovirus Audio
ad·e·no·vi·rus [ ad-n-oh-vahy-ruhs ]
Subclass of:
DNA Viruses
Definitions related to adenoviruses:
  • (adenoviridae) Any viral organism that can be assigned to the family Adenoviridae.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (adenovirus) A member of a family of viruses that can cause infections in the respiratory tract, eye, and gastrointestinal tract. Forms of adenoviruses that do not cause disease are used in gene therapy. They carry genes that may fix defects in cells or kill cancer cells.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (adenoviridae) A family of non-enveloped viruses infecting mammals (MASTADENOVIRUS) and birds (AVIADENOVIRUS) or both (ATADENOVIRUS). Infections may be asymptomatic or result in a variety of diseases.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (adenoviridae) A group of DNA containing viruses which infect mammals and are capable of causing respiratory disease, including one form of the common cold.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (adenoviridae) Nonenveloped, ds-DNA in single linear molecule, at least 10 polypeptides, assembly of virus particle in nucleus of usually one host, transmission by direct or indirect contact with urine or feces in throat or eye.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Adenovirus, a DNA virus, was first isolated in the 1950s in adenoid tissue�derived cell cultures, hence the name. These primary cell cultures were often noted to spontaneously degenerate over time, and adenoviruses are now known to be a common cause of asymptomatic respiratory tract infection that produces in vitro cytolysis in these...
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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