See Also: Parana pine(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Ji-Parana(tourism)
PARANA(tourism)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Ji-Parana airports(tourism)
Ji-Parana flights(tourism)
Ji-Parana doctors(health)
Parana River(encyclopedia)
Parana hotels(tourism)

hepatitis D virus (medicine) and Parana pine (iou)


hepatitis D virus (medicine)


hepatitis D virus


A small "defective" RNA virus, similar to viroids and virusoids, that requires the presence of hepatitis B virus for replication. The clinical course is variable but is usually more severe than Other hepatitides.

Synonym: hepatitis delta virus.


Parana pine (iou)



Parana pine noun phr. E20.
[Parana, a river and province of Brazil.]
A large evergreen coniferous tree, Araucaria angustifolia, of SW Brazil and neighbouring regions; its soft light-coloured timber.