PARVOVIRUS Meaning of PARVOVIRUS in English [ 'pα:vəʊˌvʌɪrəs ]■ noun Medicine any of a class of very small viruses causing contagious disease in dogs and other animals.Origin1960s: from L. parvus 'small' + virus . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004