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virion

  • noun
  • /ˈvaɪɹiɑn/

A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell).

A kind of

  • particle

Word history

From French "virion".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “virion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.