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cryptovirus

cryp·to·vir·us

Today it means: A kind of plant virus associated with latent infection of the host, and not transmissible by many means. Full definition →

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cryptovirus · noun¹

From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘hidden; invisible’) + virus.

cryptovirus · noun²

From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘cryptographic’) + virus.

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