RSV
RSV is the initialism of Revised Standard Version.
RSV is the initialism of respiratory syncytial virus.
RSV is the initialism of research survey vessel.
Meaning of Revised Standard Version
Proper noun
the Revised Standard Version
- An English translation of the Bible published in 1952 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, based on the earlier American Standard Version.
- Since the Revised Standard Version only claims to be a revision of the American Standard Version the sources and background of which are quite fully discussed under the heading of "Revisions" in a previous chapter it is not further discussed here.1996, Elton Jones, Which Bible?, page 40
Meaning of respiratory syncytial virus
Noun
respiratory syncytial virus (countable and uncountable, plural respiratory syncytial viruses)
- 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
Forms of RSV
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Questions about RSV
- What is RSV the initialism of?
- RSV is the initialism of Revised Standard Version.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: RSV (page history and authors); Revised Standard Version (page history and authors); respiratory syncytial virus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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