neurovariant

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noun

A strain of a virus that affects neural tissue.

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Meanings

nounneurovariant (plural neurovariants)

plural neurovariants

  1. A strain of a virus that affects neural tissue.

    Recently, Chelyapov and Chernos (1981) have examined the replication of viral DNA in CEF cells infected with the neurovariant MM Strain of vaccinia virus.

    2012, W. Henle, P. H. Hofschneider, H. Koprowski, Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology - Volume 97, →ISBN, page 69
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    The wholly negative results obtained during attempts to restore the hepatotropic attribute to patency in the neurovariant of the 90th passage suggest that the agent might be classified as neurostable at that level.

    1950, Rockefeller Foundation. International Health Division, Collected Papers by Members of the Staff - Volume 27, page 426

    Thus, while studying the effect of a neurovariant of the influenza virus on mouse tumors (Gardner's lymphosarcoma, sarcoma-37, sarcoma-180, and neuroblastoma MT-65) and also on the Brown-Pearce tumor, Wagner detected a marked suppression of the growth of mouse neuroblastoma MT-65.

    1967, JPRS, page 11

Origin

From neuro- + variant.

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