penton
/ˈpɛntɒn/Virology
noun
A capsomere which occupies each of the twelve vertices of the icosahedral capsid of an adenovirus, surrounded by five other capsomeres.
Origin
1960s. From penta- + -on.
- stagecraft
- stage direction
- stage-dive
- stage-diver
- stage-diving
- stage door
- stage effect
- stage fright
- stagehand
- stage left (or right)
- stage-manage
- stage management
- stage manager
- stage name
- stage play
- stage presence
- stage production
- stager
- stage-struck
- stagette
- stage whisper
- stagey
- stagflation
- stagger
- staggerer