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capsid

About 0.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The outer protein shell of a virus.

Similar words

mirid bug mirid icosahedral nucleocapsid supercapsid capsomere ribonucleocapsid pericapsid capsidation incapsidation

Often followed by

protein proteins antigen is and of structure assembly antigens

Word family

capsids

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