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PARAMYXOVIRUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("paramyxovirus" is a kind of...):

myxovirus (any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paramyxovirus"):

respiratory syncytial virus (a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children))

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 Context examples: 

Measles (rubeola) virus, mumps virus, and Newcastle disease virus are paramyxoviruses.

(Paramyxovirus, NCI Dictionary)

A type of paramyxovirus.

(Mumps Virus, NCI Thesaurus)