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slow virus

any of a number of viruses or viruslike infective agents that incubate for months or years before the manifestation of symptoms

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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