Retrovirus — definition

1. retrovirus (Noun)

retrovirus (Noun) — Any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell.

animal virus HIV HTLV-1 human T-cell leukemia virus-1 human immunodeficiency virus