That does not persist, esp. in the course of phylogeny or ontogeny, or in the environment; (Botany) designating or relating to plant viruses that are…

of, pertaining to, or having the action of a bacteriophage.

= bacteriophagic adj.

attributive and in the genitive. Designating a transmissible skin tumour (papilloma) of rabbits, the condition of having such a tumour or tumours…

Used attributively as Sendai virus n. a paramyxovirus (first identified in Sendai) which causes disease of the upper respiratory tract in mammals…

Epstein-Barr (see Epstein–Barr virus, n.); cf. EBV n.

attributive. Designating or relating to a virus (the prototype of the family Filoviridae) that causes an acute, often fatal, haemorrhagic fever…

Derived from or relating to an oncornavirus.

(of a virus) present in a host species in an inactive form and only able to infect and replicate in organisms of other species.

Of, relating to, or caused by a retrovirus. Also (of a drug or treatment): active or effective against retroviruses; antiretroviral.

lymphadenopathy-associated virus (a former name for the virus now called HIV-3).