CYTOMEGALOVIRUS


Meaning of CYTOMEGALOVIRUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsī-tə-ˌme-gə-lō-ˈvī-rəs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from cytomegalia + -o- + virus

Date: 1963

: a herpesvirus (species Human herpesvirus 5 of the genus Cytomegalovirus ) that causes cellular enlargement and formation of eosinophilic inclusion bodies especially in the nucleus and acts as an opportunistic infectious agent in immunosuppressed conditions (as AIDS)

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