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respiratory syncytial virus

respiratory syncytial virus noun: any virus in genus Pneumovirus causing respiratory tract infections.

respiratory syncytial virus: any virus in genus Pneumovirus causing respiratory tract infections
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Noun

respiratory syncytial virus (countable and uncountable, plural respiratory syncytial viruses)

  1. Any virus in genus Pneumovirus causing respiratory tract infections.
    • The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year.2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 May 2023
    Synonyms:
    RSV

Synonyms of respiratory syncytial virus

Forms of respiratory syncytial virus

pluralrespiratory syncytial viruses

Questions about respiratory syncytial virus

What does respiratory syncytial virus mean?
Respiratory syncytial virus means any virus in genus Pneumovirus causing respiratory tract infections.
What part of speech is respiratory syncytial virus?
Respiratory syncytial virus is a noun.
What is the plural of respiratory syncytial virus?
The plural of respiratory syncytial virus is respiratory syncytial viruses.

Words near respiratory syncytial virus in the dictionary

  1. respiratory pigments
  2. respiratory practitioner
  3. respiratory practitioners
  4. respiratory rate
  5. respiratory rates
  6. respiratory syncytial virus
  7. respiratory syncytial viruses
  8. respiratory system
  9. respiratory systems
  10. respiratory therapist
  11. respiratory therapists

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