# polyomavirus

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals.

## Etymology
From polyoma + virus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/polyomavirus