virion
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referred to in: 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 proteinis a type of: particle, subatomic particle - a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensionshas: capsid - the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
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