See Also: spilus(medicine)
nevus spilus(medicine)
Bittner, John(medicine)
Bittner agent(medicine)
Bittner virus(medicine)
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Bittner's milk factor(medicine)
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Bittner virus (medicine) and spilus (medicine)


Bittner virus (medicine)


Bittner virus -->
mammary tumour virus of mice
Member of the retrovirus subfamily Oncornavirinae, antigenically distinct from the murine leukaemia-sarcoma complex, that is associated with adenocarcinomatous tumours of the mammary gland, commonly latent in wild and laboratory mice and causing cancer only in genetically susceptible strains under certain hormonal influences.

Synonym: Bittner agent, Bittner virus, Bittner's milk factor, mammary cancer virus of mice, milk factor, mouse mammary tumour virus.


spilus (medicine)


spilus


Synonym: nevus spilus.

Origin: Mod. L. Fr. G. Spilos, a spot