Medical Dictionary

foamy virus

noun \ˈfō-mē\

Medical Definition of FOAMY VIRUS

:  any of a genus (Spumavirus) of nonpathogenic retroviruses that occur in mammals and are sometimes transmitted to humans from nonhuman primates—called also spumavirus

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