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nuclear polyhedrosis virus [¦nü·klē·ər ‚päl·ē·hē′drōs·əs ‚vī·rəs]

(virology)

A Baculovirus subgroup characterized by the multiplication and formation of polyhedron-shaped inclusion bodies in the nuclei of infected host cells, used in the control of agriculture and forest insects. Abbreviated NPV.

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