tumor virus

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   a cell-free filtrate held to be a virus responsible for a specific neoplasm

   Broadervirus

   Narrowerwound tumor virus

Questions about tumor virus

What does tumor virus mean?

tumor virus means "a cell-free filtrate held to be a virus responsible for a specific neoplasm".

Is tumor virus a common word?

tumor 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.