Usually means: Viral DNA integrated into host.
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  1. provirus: Merriam-Webster
  2. provirus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. provirus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. provirus: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. provirus: Wordnik
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  8. provirus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. provirus: Infoplease Dictionary
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  11. Provirus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. provirus: FreeDictionary.org
  13. provirus: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. provirus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. provirus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  8. provirus: Medical dictionary

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  2. Provirus: Biology dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (provirus)

noun:  (virology) A virus genome, such as HIV, that integrates itself into the DNA of a host cell so as to be passively replicated along with the host genome.

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