nonviral
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Not caused by a virus
- adjective
- /nɒnˈvaɪrəl/
- Specialized
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no viral
- Many nonviral infections can be more challenging to detect than viral ones.
- nonviral gene
Examples
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Trichomoniasis, caused by Trichomonas vaginalis, is one of the most common nonviral sexually transmitted diseases (STDs): annually, approximately 248 million incident cases occur worldwide.
Academic text (2012) -
The team focused on nonviral methods to improve gene transfer without using any dangerous viruses.
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This vaccine uses a nonviral platform to enhance patient safety.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
nonviral positive
Morphology
Etymology
Nonviral is built from non- meaning 'not' and viral from virus, a word that originally meant 'poison'. So nonviral means 'not caused by a virus', which is why doctors use it to say an illness is not viral.