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poxvirus /pox·vi·rus/ (poks´-vi-rus) any virus of the family Poxviridae.
pox·vi·rus (pksvrs)
n.
A virus of the family Poxviridae.

poxvirus
[poksvī′rəs]
Etymology: ME, pokkes + L, virus, poison
a member of a family of viruses that includes the organisms that cause molluscum contagiosum, smallpox, and vaccinia.

poxvirus [poks´vi″rus]
any member of a family of morphologically similar and immunologically related DNA viruses, including the disease-causing orthopoxviruses.

poxvirus
a virus in the family Poxviridae.

poxvirus officinalis
vaccinia virus.


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