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  • noun physics An instanton.

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pseudo- +‎ particle

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Examples

  • Those techniques were developed for an HCV "pseudoparticle" virus - an inert virus engineered to carry HCV glycoproteins on its surface, along with a gene for green fluorescent protein.

    HHMI News 2010

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