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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
virion
 
SYLLABICATION:vi·ri·on
PRONUNCIATION:  vr-n, vîr-
NOUN: A complete viral particle, consisting of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein shell and constituting the infective form of a virus.
ETYMOLOGY: vir(us) + –on1.
 
 
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