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virusoid

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vi⋅rus⋅oid

  [vahy-ruh-soid]
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–noun
a small particle of RNA associated with the larger RNA of some infectious plant viruses.
Compare viroid.

Origin:
1980–85
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virusoid

noun
the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat [syn: viroid] 
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