retrovirus

noun

Any of a family of viruses, many of which produce tumors, that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase, including HIV.

noun

A virus that has a genome consisting of RNA.

noun

any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell