virino

1. (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins.

2. A hypothetical infectious particle postulated as the cause of scrapie, BSE, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, consisting of non-coding nucleic acid in a protective coat made from host cell proteins.

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Here are some other words you could make with the letters virino

Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
virion	9	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
in	2
no	2
oi	2
on	2
or	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ion	3
nor	3
rin	3
vin	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
inro	4
iron	4
noir	4
nori	4
vino	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
virion	9