slow infection

noun

: a degenerative disease (as scrapie or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) caused by a slow virus

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“Slow infection.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/slow%20infection. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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