granulosis

granulosis

English

Noun

granulosis (countable and uncountable, plural granuloses)

1. A viral disease that affects many insects.
   • 2012, Yoshinori Tanada, ‎Harry K. Kaya, ‎Fernando E. Vega, Insect Pathology, →ISBN, page 211:

     The gross pathologies of granuloses are similar to those of nuclear polyhedroses, but differences occur depending on the types of tissues infected.

   • 2012, Edward Steinhaus, Insect Pathology V1: An Advanced Treatise, →ISBN, page 558:

     Larvae of the latter developed granulosis after they had been fed leaves dipped in suspensions of crushed, apparently healthy, final-instar Cambridge larvae.

   • 2012, K. Smith, Introduction to Virology, →ISBN, page 107:

     In Cambridge, England, it is very difficult to rear wild Pieris rapae, the small white butterfly, in captivity since a very high proportion die from a granulosis.

   • 2013, Thomas C. Cheng, Current Topics in Comparative Pathobiology - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 27:

     Each virus particle, as in the case of the nuclear polyhedrosis virus, is surrounded by two membranes, the intimate and developmental membranes. Much less is known about the histopathology of granuloses than polyhedroses.

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Latin

Adjective

grānulōsīs

1. dative masculine plural of grānulōsus
2. dative feminine plural of grānulōsus
3. dative neuter plural of grānulōsus
4. ablative masculine plural of grānulōsus
5. ablative neuter plural of grānulōsus
6. ablative feminine plural of grānulōsus