polyoma virus

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   a virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice

   Synonymspolyoma

   Broaderpapovavirus

Questions about polyoma virus

What does polyoma virus mean?

polyoma virus means "a virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice".

What is another word for polyoma virus?

Close synonyms include polyoma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polyoma virus a common word?

polyoma virus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.