RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("respiratory syncytial virus" is a kind of...):

paramyxovirus (a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles)

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