Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun slow_virus

1 sense of slow virus

Sense 1
slow virus -- (a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear; "kuru is caused by a slow virus")
       => 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)