See Also: mammary tumour virus(medicine)
mammary tumour virus of mice(medicine)
mouse mammary tumour virus(medicine)
mammary tumour viruses, mouse(medicine)
mammary cancer virus of mice(medicine)
DNA tumour virus(medicine)
RNA tumour virus(medicine)
tumour virus(medicine)
tumour virus infections(medicine)
mouse parotid tumour virus(medicine)

mammary tumour virus of mice (medicine) and complaisance (oh)


mammary tumour virus of mice (medicine)


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.


complaisance (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: complaire 'to do what someone wants', from Latin complacere; COMPLACENT]
willingness to do what pleases Other people
-- complaisant adj
-- complaisantly adv