See Also: virino(medicine)
virino(dictionary)

metier (iou) and virino (iou)


metier (iou)



metier noun. L18.
[French, from Proto-Romance alt. of Latin ministerium service, MINISTRY, prob. infl. by mysterium MYSTERY noun1.]
One's occupation or department of activity. Now usu., a field in which one has special skill or ability; one's forte.
W. A. Percy Power? I knew nothing about it and it certainly wasn't my metier.

virino (iou)



virino noun. Pl. -os. L20.
[from VIRUS + -ino dim. suffix (cf. -INO).]
Microbiology. A hypothetical infectious particle postulated as the cause of scrapie, consisting of a nucleic acid in a protective coat made from host cell proteins.