xenotropic virus

xen·o·tro·pic vi·rus

a retrovirus that does not produce disease in its natural host and replicates only in tissue culture cells derived from a different species.

xen·o·tro·pic vi·rus

(zen'ō-trō'pik vī'rŭs) A retrovirus that does not produce disease in its natural host and replicates only in tissue culture cells derived from a different species.