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respiratory syncytial virus

noun

  1. a myxovirus causing infections of the nose and throat, esp in young children. It is thought to be involved in some cot deaths RSV
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respiratory syncytial virus

/ rĕspər-ə-tôr′ē /

  1. A virus of the family Paromyxoviridae and the genus Pneumovirus that causes severe childhood respiratory infections, especially bronchiolitis in infants.


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