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wound tumor virus

wound tumor virus

7.0
A plant virus spread by small jumping insects that causes growths on plants
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : virus del tumor de herida
  • Researchers are studying how the wound tumor virus is transmitted by leafhoppers.

Examples

  • Infected plants display growths caused by the wound tumor virus.

  • The wound tumor virus can devastate crops if left unchecked by farmers.

  • The wound tumor virus affects many crops.

  • Farmers need to monitor for wound tumor viruses in their fields.

  • Infected plants display growths caused by the wound tumor virus.

  • The wound tumor virus can devastate crops if left unchecked by farmers.

  • Researchers are studying how the wound tumor virus is transmitted by leafhoppers.

Synonyms

WTV
vswound tumor virus
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant virus spread by leafhoppers that makes lumps on stems and leaves

is the full name rather than the shortened form

Surface Forms

wound tumor virus singular
wound tumor viruses plural

Morphology

wound + tumor + virus

The noun is fully compositional: a learner who knows 'wound', 'tumor' and 'virus' can infer it denotes a virus associated with tumor-like growths (i.e. a virus causing tumors related to wounds). It is a specialized technical term but its meaning follows directly from the constituent words, so the relation is predictable.

Etymology

The noun wound tumor virus comes from the image of a virus that makes tumor-like lumps where a plant is hurt, its wound. So the name means a virus that causes these 'growths' in plants and can be 'spread' by small insects called leafhoppers.