| Integrase | | Phospholipid bilayer that surrounds some viruses. |
| Glycoprotein | | Proteins produced and secreted by cells infected with a virus which stimulate production of antiviral proteins in neighboring cells. |
| Reversetranscriptase | | Type of infection where viral particles are continually being produced. |
| Virion | | Last name of the scientist that proposed that a viral infection could hijack the control center of a cell. |
| Capsomere | | Mass of fused cells. Viral fusion protein causes neighboring cell's membranes to fuse. |
| Syncytia | | Refers to the specific kinds of cells in a host that a virus can infect. |
| Levaditi | | Different types of hosts that a virus will infect. |
| Latent | | Viral enzyme that synthesizes DNA ,by complementary basepairing, using viral RNA as a guide. |
| Lwoff | | Protein subunit that is used to build the capsid. |
| Hostrange | | Viral particle that is capable of infecting a cell. |
| Naked | | Protein molecule that has sugars attached to it. Found on the surface of a virus. |
| Interferon | | Last name of the scientist that developed techniques for using tissues and membranes to grow viruses. |
| Burnet | | Type of virus that does not have a phospholipid bilary surrounding it. |
| Persistent | | Protein that is on the outside of a virus that is responsible for attaching to the host cell for entry. |
| Inclusionbody | | Abnormal appearance in the nucleus of cell infected with a DNA virus. Used as a diagnostic clue. |
| Viralspecificity | | Viral genetic material that resides in a host cell's chromosome. |
| Budding | | Viral release by exocytosis. |
| Provirus | | Type of infection where the viral DNA lies quietly in the nucleus of cell; no new viral particles are produced. |
| Spike | | Last name of the scientist that proposed lysogeny and gave the formal definition of a virus. |
| Envelope | | Viral enzyme that incorporates viral genetic material into a host cell's chromosome. |