oncovirus

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Etymology

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From onco- +‎ virus.

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Noun

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oncovirus (plural oncoviruses)

  1. A virus that can cause cancer.
    • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 234:
      Human oncoviruses soon followed and it became apparent that whole classes of cancer, such as cervical cancer, were indeed caused partly by viral infection.
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