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MYXOVIRUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does myxovirus mean?

• MYXOVIRUS (noun)
The noun MYXOVIRUS has 1 sense:

1. any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps

Familiarity information: MYXOVIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MYXOVIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("myxovirus" is a kind of...):

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "myxovirus"):

orthomyxovirus (a group of viruses including those causing influenza)

paramyxovirus (a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles)

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