English Explanatory Dictionary

cytomegalovirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.

Word forms

cytomegalovirus cytomegaloviruses CMV

Etymology

Internationalism. Borrowed from taxonomic name Cytomegalovirus, equivalent to cyto- + megalo- + virus.

Related words

cytomegalic cytomegaloviral

Derived words

anticytomegalovirus Human cytomegalovirus

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