English Explanatory Dictionary

Epstein-Barr virus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Human gammaherpesvirus 4, a human herpesvirus of the herpes family and the cause of infectious mononucleosis.

Word forms

Epstein-Barr virus Epstein-Barr viruses EBV

Etymology

Named after its discoverers, Anthony Epstein and Yvonne Barr in 1964.

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