Associations to the word «Viroid»

Wiktionary

VIROID, noun. Plant pathogens, of the order Viroidales, that consist of just a short section of RNA but without the protein coat typical of viruses
VIROID, noun. Human pathogen, most notably hepatitis D.

Dictionary definition

VIROID, noun. The smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat.

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