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lentivirus, n. Biol. and Med.|ˈlɛntɪvaɪrəs|
[f. L. lent-us slow + -i- + virus n.]
Any retrovirus of the subfamily Lentivirinae, infection by which is characterized by a delay in the appearance of any symptoms.
1979Vet. Rec. 8 Sept. 220/2 The maedi/visna group of viruses are classified as lentiviruses in the family Retroviridae. 1985Jrnl. R. Soc. Med. LXXVIII. 613/2 The AIDS virus is a retrovirus of the subfamily Lentivirinae..of which only three other species are known: the lentiviruses causing maedi-visna in sheep, infectious anaemia in horses, and encephalitis-arthritis in goats. 1986N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Jan. 44/4 Some researchers have argued that it should be classified as one of the lentiviruses, which cause brain disorders in sheep and other animals. 1987Nature 16 Apr. 636/1 Recognition that AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is caused by a lentivirus has been slow in coming.
Hence lentiˈviral a.
1985Rev. Infectious Dis. VII. 75 (title) Experimental visna in Icelandic sheep: the prototype lentiviral infection. |