oncovirus
nounUK /ˈɒŋkəʊvʌɪɹəs/
Etymology From onco- + virus.
1
A virus that can cause cancer.
- Human oncoviruses soon followed and it became apparent that whole classes of cancer, such as cervical cancer, were indeed caused partly by viral infection.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 234:
- Related terms
- oncoviral