MORBILLIVIRUS

Meaning of MORBILLIVIRUS in English

[ mɔ:'bɪlɪˌvʌɪrəs ]

■ noun Medicine any of a group of paramyxoviruses which causes measles, rinderpest, and canine distemper.

Origin

1970s: from L. morbilli (plural of morbillus 'pustule', from morbus 'disease') + virus .

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MORBILLIVIRUS — noun Etymology: New Latin, from morbillus spot on the skin, pustule (from Medieval Latin, diminutive of Latin morbus) + virus …
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MORBILLIVIRUS — mȯr¦bilə¦vīrəs noun Etymology: New Latin, from morbillus spot on skin, pustule (from Medieval Latin) + -i- + virus — more …
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MORBILLIVIRUS — n. (Virology) type of virus in which infection may cause acute disease in their host or result in degenerative conditions …
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MORBILLIVIRUS — noun Etymology: New Latin, from morbillus spot on the skin, pustule (from Medieval Latin, diminutive of Latin morbus ) + …
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MORBILLIVIRUS — n. Pronunciation: mo ̇ r- ' bi-l ə - ˌ v ī -r ə s Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, …
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RINDERPEST — noun Etymology: German, from Rinder, plural, cattle + Pest pestilence Date: 1865 an acute infectious usually fatal disease of ruminant …
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MEASLES — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English meseles, plural of mesel ~, spot characteristic of ~; …
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DISTEMPER — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English distempren, from Late Latin ~are to temper badly, from Latin dis- + temperare to …
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SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS — -sklə̇¦rōsiŋ¦panˌ noun Etymology: sclerosing (present participle of sclerose ) + panencephalitis , from pan- + encephalitis : a central nervous …
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PARAMYXOVIRUS — "ˌ noun Etymology: New Latin, from para- + myxovirus (I) (herein) : any of a family (Paramyxoviridae) of large single-stranded …
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RINDERPEST — /rin"deuhr pest'/ , n. Vet. Pathol. an acute, usually fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus …
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DISTEMPER — I. dis-ˈtem-pər transitive verb Etymology: Middle English distempren, from Late Latin distemperare to temper badly, from Latin dis- + temperare …
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RINDERPEST — noun Etymology: German, from Rinder, plural, cattle + Pest pestilence Date: 1865 : an acute infectious usually fatal disease of …
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MEASLES — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English meseles, plural of mesel measles, spot characteristic of measles; …
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RINDERPEST — also called steppe murrain, cattle plague, or contagious bovine typhus an acute, highly contagious viral disease of ruminant animals, primarily …
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VIRUS — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Viruses actinophage morbillivirus adenovirus myxovirus alphavirus oncornavirus arbovirus orbivirus arenavirus papillomavirus bacteriophage papovavirus baculovirus …
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