hervotype

English

Etymology

From HERV +‎ -o- +‎ -type.

Noun

hervotype (plural hervotypes)

  1. (genetics) The DNA sequence of an insertion by a human endogenous retrovirus

Verb

hervotype (third-person singular simple present hervotypes, present participle hervotyping, simple past and past participle hervotyped)

  1. To analyse such an insertion