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foamy virus


foamy virus

noun \ˈfō-mē\

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