PARVOVIRUS

noun see: few Date: 1965 any of a family ( Parvoviridae, especially genus Parvovirus ) of small single-stranded DNA viruses pathogenic for vertebrates, a highly contagious febrile disease of dogs that is caused by a ~ (species Canine ~ of the genus Parvovirus ) related to the ~ causing panleukopenia in cats and that is marked by loss of appetite, lethargy, often bloody diarrhea and vomiting, and sometimes death