“syncytial virus”

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respiratory syncytial virus

noun

: a pneumovirus (Orthopneumovirus hominis) that usually causes mild infections of the upper respiratory tract and lungs, that is spread through contact with respiratory droplets, and that is characterized especially by fever, cough, congestion, and runny nose but may progress to bronchiolitis and pneumonia especially in infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals


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