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nounthe branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseasestype of:
Definition that contains virology
- virus (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- virologist a specialist in virology
- virion (virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)
- virological of or relating to the science of virology