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)
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
Meaning of CYTOMEGALOVIRUS in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012