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virion

/ˈvaɪ.ri.ɒn/

Traduction: Particule virale complète et infectieuse, constituée de l'acide nucléique viral entouré d'une capside protéique, parfois enveloppée d'une membrane lipidique. C'est la forme extracellulaire du virus qui assure la transmission et l'infection.

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/ˈvaɪ.ri.ɒn/C1formalmedical
  • frParticule virale complète et infectieuse, constituée de l'acide nucléique viral entouré d'une capside protéique, parfois enveloppée d'une membrane lipidique. C'est la forme extracellulaire du virus qui assure la transmission et l'infection.

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.

    frVirion

    • 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