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vi·rol·o·gy
(vī-rŏl′ə-jē)n.
The study of viruses and viral diseases.
vi′ro·log′i·cal (vī′rə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl), vi′ro·log′ic (-ĭk) adj.
vi·rol′o·gist n.
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virology
(vaɪˈrɒlədʒɪ)n
(Medicine) the branch of medicine concerned with the study of viruses and the diseases they cause
virological, virologic adj
viˈrologist n
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vi•rol•o•gy
(vaɪˈrɒl ə dʒi, vɪ-)n.
the study of viruses and viral diseases.
[1930–35]
vi`ro•log′i•cal (-rəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl) adj.
vi•rol′o•gist, n.
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vi·rol·o·gy
(vī-rŏl′ə-jē) The scientific study of viruses and viral diseases.
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virology
the branch of medical science that studies viruses and the diseases they cause. — virologist, n. — virological, adj.
See also: Medical Specialties-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. | virology - the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases 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 medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
virology
n → Virologie f, → Virusforschung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
vi·rol·o·gy
n. virología, ciencia que estudia los virus.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
virology
n virología, estudio de los virusEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.