English Explanatory Dictionary

parvovirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any single-stranded DNA virus, of the genus Parvovirus, being the smallest found in nature; they infect only mammals other than humans.
Certain small viruses, not in the genus Parvovirus, that infect humans.

Word forms

parvovirus parvoviruses

Etymology

From parvo- + virus.

Derived words

parvo parvoviral parvovirosis parvovirotherapy

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