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

1 sense of tumor virus

Sense 1
tumor virus -- (a cell-free filtrate held to be a virus responsible for a specific neoplasm)
       => 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)