Dictionary
pa•po•va•vi•rus
Pronunciation: (pu-pō'vu-vī"rus), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -rus•es.
Pathol., Vet. Pathol.
any of a group of DNA-containing human and animal viruses, including polyoma viruses and some papillomaviruses, most of which produce tumors.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.