- polioviruses
- n. virus that causes polio (disease of the central nervous system)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA … Universalium
Polio-Impfstoff — Ein Polioimpfstoff ist ein Impfstoff zur Prophylaxe einer durch das Poliovirus hervorgerufenen Poliomyelitis. Zwei grundlegend verschiedene Impfstoffe stehen zur Verfügung: seit 1955 eine von Jonas Salk entwickelte inaktivierte Polio Vakzine,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Polioimpfstoff — Ein Polioimpfstoff ist ein Impfstoff zur Prophylaxe einer durch das Poliovirus hervorgerufenen Poliomyelitis. Zwei grundlegend verschiedene Impfstoffe stehen zur Verfügung: seit 1955 eine von Jonas Salk entwickelte inaktivierte Polio Vakzine,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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