EPSTEIN–BARR VIRUS


Meaning of EPSTEIN–BARR VIRUS in English

(abbrev.: EBV )

■ noun Medicine a herpesvirus causing glandular fever and associated with certain cancers.

Origin

1960s: named after the British and Irish virologists Michael A. Epstein and Y. M. Barr .

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