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virion definition

vi·rion (vī′rē än′)

noun

the complete, mature, infectious form of a virus when it is outside a host cell

Etymology: < virus + -on (sense )

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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