virome.

1. The collection of viruses associated with an organism, environment, or other system.

2. The collective genetic material of viruses associated with a system.

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Words that belong together

• the gut virome
• an environmental virome

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The survey compared the gut virome across the sampled animals.

The environmental virome changed after the flood.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular virome; plural viromes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.