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noun
Any of several diseases of insect larvae that are caused by the polyhedral viruses, family Baculoviridae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree English polyhedral Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English polyhedrosis From polyhedral + -osis.
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