Associations to the word «Hepadnavirus»

Noun

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Wiktionary

HEPADNAVIRUS, noun. Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.

Dictionary definition

HEPADNAVIRUS, noun. A group of animal DNA viruses including viruses of ducks and woodchucks and squirrels and others as well as the virus causing hepatitis B in humans.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats