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retrovirus

/'rɛtroʊ,vaɪərəs/

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noun
any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
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type of:
animal virus

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