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cytomegaloviruses

cytomegaloviruses is the plural of cytomegalovirus.

Meaning of cytomegalovirus

Noun

cytomegalovirus (plural cytomegaloviruses, abbreviation CMV)

  1. Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
    • The peak period for the development of acute graft-versus-host disease overlaps with the time during which cytomegalovirus infection occurs.1983, Karl G. Blume, Lawrence D. Petz, editors, Clinical Bone Marrow Transplantation, Churchill Livingstone, page 75

Questions about cytomegaloviruses

What is cytomegaloviruses the plural of?
Cytomegaloviruses is the plural of cytomegalovirus.

Words near cytomegaloviruses in the dictionary

  1. cytomechanics
  2. cytomegalic
  3. cytomegaloviral
  4. cytomegaloviremia
  5. cytomegalovirus
  6. cytomegaloviruses
  7. cytomegaly
  8. cytomembrane
  9. cytomembranes
  10. cytomembranous
  11. cytomere

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