Associations to the word «Polyoma»

Wiktionary

POLYOMA, noun. A small form of the papovavirus that causes tumors in rodents.

Dictionary definition

POLYOMA, noun. A virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats