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PARAMYXOVIRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("paramyxovirus" is a kind of...):
myxovirus (any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paramyxovirus"):
respiratory syncytial virus (a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children))
Context examples:
Measles (rubeola) virus, mumps virus, and Newcastle disease virus are paramyxoviruses.
(Paramyxovirus, NCI Dictionary)
A type of paramyxovirus.
(Mumps Virus, NCI Thesaurus)
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