ретровирус

Bulgarian

Etymology

Biological term borrowed from English retrovirus, coined in the 1980's. Equivalent to ретро- (retro-, “former, backwards”) +‎ вирус (virus).

The name refers to the reverse pattern of replication of the virus - by first transcribing intrusive DNA from the virale own RNA, which is then attached to the DNA sequence of the host cell.

Noun

ретрови́рус • (retrovírus) m

1. (virology) retrovirus (viruses from family Retroviridae of class VI in Baltimore's classification)
2. (by generalizaiton) ortervirus (any virus which uses reverse transcriptase for replication)

Declension

Declension of ретрови́рус

	singular	plural
indefinite	ретрови́рус retrovírus	ретрови́руси retrovírusi
definite (subject form)	ретрови́русът retrovírusǎt	ретрови́русите retrovírusite
definite (object form)	ретрови́руса retrovírusa
count form	—	ретрови́руса retrovírusa

Related terms

• метави́рус (metavírus)
• псевдови́рус (psevdovírus)