xenotropic

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adjective

Describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host.

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Meanings

adjectivexenotropic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyDescribing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host.

    An article published online Thursday in the journal Science reports that 68 of 101 patients with the syndrome, or 67 percent, were infected with an infectious virus, xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV. By contrast, only 3.7 percent of 218 healthy people were infected.

    2009 October 9, Denise Grady, “Virus Is Found in Many With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”, in New York Times

Origin

From xeno- + -tropic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with xenotropic

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Cite this entry
APA

xenotropic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenotropic

MLA

“xenotropic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenotropic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xenotropic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenotropic.

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