respiratory syncytial virus
respiratory syncytial virus
nounDefinition of RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS
: a paramyxovirus (species Human respiratory syncytial virus of the genus Pneumovirus) that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases (as bronchopneumonia and bronchiolitis) in children and especially in infants —abbreviation Revised Standard Version
First Known Use of RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS
1961
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