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.
- well-horsed
- well house
- well-housed
- well-hued
- well-humored
- well-humoured
- well hung
- well-husbanded
- well, I declare
- wellie
- well I'll be (or I'm) damned
- well, I'll be (or I'm) jiggered
- head someone/thing off
- headspace
- head spade
- Head's paradoxical reflex
- head-spinning
- head-splitting
- headspring
- headsquare
- Head's reflex
- headstall
- headstand
- headstander
- head start