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metapneumoviruses

metapneumoviruses is the plural of metapneumovirus.

Meaning of metapneumovirus

Noun

metapneumovirus (plural metapneumoviruses)

  1. Any of a group of viruses (genus Metapneumovirus) responsible for some respiratory infection in humans and birds.
    • Among them were strains of human respiratory syncytial virus, or HRSV, and of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, both leading causes of respiratory disease in people.2008 February 5, Henry Fountain, “Human Viruses Cause Respiratory Outbreaks in Ivory Coast Chimps”, in The New York Times

Questions about metapneumoviruses

What is metapneumoviruses the plural of?
Metapneumoviruses is the plural of metapneumovirus.

Words near metapneumoviruses in the dictionary

  1. metaplutonic
  2. metapneumonia
  3. metapneumonic
  4. metapneumoviral
  5. metapneumovirus
  6. metapneumoviruses
  7. metapneustic
  8. metapodal
  9. metapodals
  10. metapode
  11. metapodeon

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