RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS


Meaning of RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS in English

noun

: a paramyxovirus (genus Pneumovirus ) that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases (as bronchopneumonia and bronchiolitis) in children and especially in infants — abbreviation RSV

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