virino

vi ri no |vīˈrēnō, və -vaɪˈrinoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. virinos ) Microbiology a hypothetical infectious particle postulated as the cause of scrapie, BSE, and Creutzfeldt –Jakob disease, consisting of noncoding nucleic acid in a protective coat made from host cell proteins. Compare with prion 2. ORIGIN 1970s: from virus + the diminutive suffix -ino.

virino

virino |vɪˈriːnəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. virinos ) Microbiology a hypothetical infectious particle postulated as the cause of scrapie, BSE, and CJD, consisting of non-coding nucleic acid in a protective coat made from host cell proteins. Compare with prion 2. ORIGIN 1970s: from virus + the diminutive suffix -ino.