Sendai virus

noun

, Pathology, Veterinary Pathology.

1. a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sendai virus¹

1960–65; first described in Sendai, Japan

Example Sentences

Loring’s team used a Sendai virus vector, which does not integrate into the genome, to generate stems cells for the endangered northern white rhinoceros5.

From Nature

He infects the leukocytes with Sendai virus, an influenza-like virus harmless to humans, and incubates them at 37.5?

From Time Magazine Archive

Parainfluenza 1 was first called Sendai virus, after the Japanese city where it was originally isolated.

From Time Magazine Archive