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virion

/ˈvaɪ.ri.ɒn/

Traducción: Partícula viral completa e infecciosa, compuesta por el ácido nucleico y la cápside proteica, a veces envuelta en una membrana lipídica; es la forma extracelular del virus capaz de infectar una célula.

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noun

/ˈvaɪ.ri.ɒn/C1formalmedical
  • esPartícula viral completa e infecciosa, compuesta por el ácido nucleico y la cápside proteica, a veces envuelta en una membrana lipídica; es la forma extracelular del virus capaz de infectar una célula.

A complete viral particle consisting of nucleic acid and a protein capsid, sometimes surrounded by a lipid envelope, which is the infectious form of a virus.

  1. Complete viral particleC1formalscientific

    A complete, fully assembled viral particle that consists of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) enclosed in a protein coat (capsid), and in some cases, an outer lipid envelope. It is the infectious form of a virus outside a host cell.

    esVirión

    • The virion is the stable, extracellular form of the virus capable of infecting a new host cell.
    • Electron microscopy revealed the characteristic shape of the influenza virion.
    • Once the virion attaches to the cell membrane, it injects its genetic material inside.
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  • virions' possessive plural form
  • virion's possessive singular form