Etymology

virion

V4I1R1I1O1N1

Today it means: A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell). Full definition →

French virion
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  1. French · borrowed fromvirion
  2. English todayvirion

From French virion. By surface analysis, virus + -on.

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