noun
- Plural of polyhedral virus disease; infections caused by polyhedral viruses, particularly in insects.
Usage: technical; entomology; virology
Examples
- Polyhedroses are common diseases affecting caterpillar populations in agricultural settings.
- The researcher studied various polyhedroses in lepidopteran insects.
- Polyhedral inclusion bodies are characteristic of polyhedroses.
- Farmers sometimes use polyhedroses as a natural biological control agent.