单词 | filterable virus |
释义 | filterable virus in American English any virus so called because most viruses are capable of passing through fine filters that bacteriacannot pass throughfilterable virus in American Englishnoun a virus particle small enough to pass through a filter of diatomaceous earth or porcelain, which will not pass bacteria: chiefly historical or an informal indicator of size, as synthetic membrane filters now permit passage of the smallest virus Word origin [1910–15]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: carbon cycle, flashback, payoff, radio, spotlight |
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