papillomavirus Definition
pap·il·lo·ma·vi·rus (pap′ə lō′mə vī′rəs)
noun
any of a genus (Papillomavirus) of papovaviruses, including the human papillomavirus, that cause papillomas
papillomavirus Usage Examples
Converse of object
transmit: Cervical cancer jab ' in a year ' Gardasil worked against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus ( HPV ).
Adjective modifier
- bovine: Document Back to previous page 151: Vaccination against bovine papillomavirus in donkeys affected by sarcoids.
- human: Can human papillomavirus kill cells of the immune system?
- prophylactic: Prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus ( types 6, 11, 16, and 18 ) L1 virus-like particle vaccine in young women.
- quadrivalent: Prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus ( types 6, 11, 16, and 18 ) L1 virus-like particle vaccine in young women.
Modifies a noun
- infection: Vaccination against human papillomavirus infection: a new paradigm in cervical cancer control.
- DNA: METHODS: Human papillomavirus DNA was detected using the polymerase chain reaction on paraffin embedded material from 82 patients with penile carcinoma.
- type: A controlled trial of a human papillomavirus type 16 vaccine.
- testing: Investigation of potential role of human papillomavirus testing in cervical screening.
- protein: Selected Publications The structural basis for DNA loop formation by the human papillomavirus E2 protein.
- gene: TA-HPV and TA-CIN - TA-HPV is a vaccinia viral vector, carrying human papillomavirus genes, which is being developed to treat cervical cancer.
Preposition: in
donkey: Document Back to previous page 151: Vaccination against bovine papillomavirus in donkeys affected by sarcoids.
Browse dictionary entries near papillomavirus
- ‹ papilloma
- ‹ papillary
- ‹ papilla
- ‹ papilionaceous
- ‹ papier-mâché
- ‹ papier collé
- ‹ Papiamento
- ‹ Paphos
- ‹ Paphlagonia
- ‹ Paphian

