occlusion body

noun

A crystalline protein matrix which occludes the nucleocapsid in some viruses.

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Meanings

nounocclusion body (plural occlusion bodies)

plural occlusion bodies

  1. biologyA crystalline protein matrix which occludes the nucleocapsid in some viruses.
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